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Mississippi sweet potato crop

USDA last rated the 2025 Mississippi sweet potato crop for the week ending Sep 28, when 60% was good or excellent, 6 points above the five-year average of 54%, versus 34% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 100% complete (five-year average 98%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Last rated week ending Sep 28, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

60%of the crop

6 points above the five-year average for this week, and 34% a year ago.

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100%

Harvested

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

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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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 32%, Good 63%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 66%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 38%, Good 56%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 55%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 6%, Fair 39%, Good 47%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 46%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 42%, Good 44%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 39%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 11%, Fair 35%, Good 43%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 53% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 39%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 1%, Poor 11%, Fair 36%, Good 45%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 34%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 30%, Good 52%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 35%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 30%, Good 53%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 33%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 8%, Fair 31%, Good 52%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 32%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 10%, Fair 30%, Good 51%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 33%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 34%, Good 53%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 42%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 10%, Fair 25%, Good 51%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 42%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 11%, Fair 19%, Good 54%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 33%)Week ending Sep 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 11%, Fair 28%, Good 51%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 34%)Harvest begins — week ending Sep 7Harvest begins−10 pts — week ending Sep 28−10 ptsJun 29Jul 13Jul 27Aug 10Aug 24Sep 7Sep 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 60% good or excellent, week ending Sep 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 27: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 1%)Planted, week ending May 4: 5% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 3%)Planted, week ending May 11: 9% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 13%)Planted, week ending May 18: 14% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 33%)Planted, week ending May 25: 23% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 46%)Planted, week ending Jun 1: 30% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 56%)Planted, week ending Jun 8: 41% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 65%)Planted, week ending Jun 15: 54% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 76%)Planted, week ending Jun 22: 72% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending Jun 29: 87% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 6: 96% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 98%)Planted, week ending Jul 13: 100% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Apr 27May 11May 25Jun 8Jun 22Jul 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Jul 13 (5-yr avg 94%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 1% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 3% (5-yr avg 14%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 8% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 14%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 18% (5-yr avg 31%, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 98% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 99%)Harvested, week ending Nov 23: 100% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Sep 7Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28Nov 16Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 100% as of Nov 23 (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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