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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2024 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Oct 20, when 26% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 98%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Oct 20, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

26%of the crop

Share of the 2024 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Oct 20.

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100%

Harvested

+2 points against the five-year pace of 98%.

–

4.7

million cwt, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

Mississippi sweet potato harvest running well ahead of pace

For the week ending September 27, 2026, Mississippi rated 69% of its sweet potato crop good to excellent, down 9 points from the prior week but above both the five-year average of 56% and last year's 60% at the same point. Harvest reached 40% complete, well ahead of the five-year average of 29% and more than double last year's 17% pace. The crop was fully planted as of early August, matching the five-year norm. With harvest moving quickly, the next condition report will show whether the good-excellent share holds as digging advances.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2024

Bars are the full USDA rating split each week. The dashed line is the five-year average for good plus excellent; the dotted line is last year.

2026202520242023202220212020
Mississippi sweet potato crop condition, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg —, last year 66%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 23%, Good 63%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 74%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 65%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 19%, Good 68%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 74%)Week ending Jun 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 11%, Fair 23%, Good 61%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 7: Very poor 2%, Poor 13%, Fair 30%, Good 52%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 69%)Week ending Jul 14: Very poor 3%, Poor 20%, Fair 31%, Good 43%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 24%, Fair 36%, Good 36%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 16%, Fair 44%, Good 35%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 39% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 84%)Week ending Aug 4: Very poor 2%, Poor 14%, Fair 50%, Good 29%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 34% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 89%)Week ending Aug 11: Very poor 3%, Poor 15%, Fair 47%, Good 28%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 35% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 18: Very poor 2%, Poor 18%, Fair 47%, Good 30%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 25: Very poor 2%, Poor 13%, Fair 53%, Good 29%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 32% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 78%)Week ending Sep 1: Very poor 4%, Poor 12%, Fair 51%, Good 28%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 8: Very poor 2%, Poor 13%, Fair 43%, Good 37%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 83%)Week ending Sep 15: Very poor 2%, Poor 15%, Fair 41%, Good 38%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 42% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 80%)Week ending Sep 22: Very poor 3%, Poor 17%, Fair 47%, Good 30%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 33% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 77%)Week ending Sep 29: Very poor 2%, Poor 18%, Fair 46%, Good 31%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 34% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 75%)Week ending Oct 6: Very poor 3%, Poor 20%, Fair 48%, Good 26%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 29% (5-yr avg —, last year 67%)Week ending Oct 13: Very poor 2%, Poor 19%, Fair 48%, Good 30%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 31% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Oct 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 16%, Fair 55%, Good 23%, Excellent 3% — good+excellent 26% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−11 pts — week ending Jul 7−11 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Sep 1Harvest beginsJun 2Jun 23Jul 14Aug 4Aug 25Sep 15Oct 6
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 26% good or excellent, week ending Oct 20. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 21: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 28: 1% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 2%)Planted, week ending May 5: 3% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending May 12: 15% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 18%)Planted, week ending May 19: 36% (5-yr avg 12%, last year 33%)Planted, week ending May 26: 48% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 44%)Planted, week ending Jun 2: 57% (5-yr avg 30%, last year 49%)Planted, week ending Jun 9: 66% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 54%)Planted, week ending Jun 16: 78% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 64%)Planted, week ending Jun 23: 91% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 78%)Planted, week ending Jun 30: 96% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 87%)Planted, week ending Jul 7: 98% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 93%)Planted, week ending Jul 14: 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 98%)Apr 21May 5May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 14 (5-yr avg 91%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

This season against the five-year average pace and last year.

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 18: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Aug 25: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 1: 2% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 5%)Harvested, week ending Sep 8: 4% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Sep 15: 7% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Sep 22: 15% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 31%)Harvested, week ending Sep 29: 27% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Oct 6: 32% (5-yr avg 46%, last year 52%)Harvested, week ending Oct 13: 44% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 61%)Harvested, week ending Oct 20: 57% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Oct 27: 75% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Nov 3: 86% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 83%)Harvested, week ending Nov 10: 97% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Nov 17: 99% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 95%)Harvested, week ending Nov 24: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 98%)Aug 18Sep 1Sep 15Sep 29Oct 13Oct 27Nov 10Nov 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 24 (5-yr avg 98%).

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for Mississippi sweet potato through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

Mississippi sweet potato crop: final estimate by year0246million cwt2014: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 4.9 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 4.9 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 4.6 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 4.5 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 5.9 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 4.2 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 4.5 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 3.6 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 3.8 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 4.7 million cwt2025
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20254.7 million cwt$108M14.5%
20243.8 million cwt$82M15.2%
20233.6 million cwt$78M14.6%
20224.5 million cwt$96M16.2%
20214.2 million cwt$98M14.0%
20205.9 million cwt$122M19.1%
20194.5 million cwt$80M14.9%
20184.6 million cwt$82M16.6%
20174.9 million cwt$91M13.8%
20164.9 million cwt$112M15.6%
20153.8 million cwt$79M12.2%
20143.8 million cwt$73M12.8%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Mississippi sweet potato crop: fresh market vs processing00.00.10.10.1million cwt2019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million cwt — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress (weekly, April–November) and Crop Production reports. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.

Updated September 29, 2026

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