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Mississippi sweet potato crop

As of the week ending Sep 27, 69% of the 2026 Mississippi sweet potato crop is rated good or excellent, 13 points above the five-year average of 56%, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest is 40% complete (five-year average 29%). The 2025 crop finished at 4.7 million cwt.

Week ending Sep 27, 2026

Good to excellent

69%of the crop

13 points above the five-year average for this week, and 60% a year ago.

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40%

Harvested

+11 points against the five-year pace of 29%.

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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, 2026

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, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 44%, Good 49%, Excellent 7% — good+excellent 56% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 35%, Good 58%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 65%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 59%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 60%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 39%, Good 56%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 61% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 54%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 35%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 53%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 26%, Good 69%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 53%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 19%, Good 67%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 52%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 61%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 64%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 62%, Excellent 23% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 65%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 60%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 65%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 59%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 59%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 63%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 58%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 65%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 20%, Good 52%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 70%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 29%, Good 52%, Excellent 17% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 60%)−9 pts — week ending Jul 5−9 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Aug 30Harvest beginsJun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 69% good or excellent, week ending Sep 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

Mississippi sweet potato planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending Apr 19: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 0% (5-yr avg 1%, last year 0%)Planted, week ending May 3: 10% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 4%)Planted, week ending May 10: 15% (5-yr avg 8%, last year 8%)Planted, week ending May 17: 25% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 13%)Planted, week ending May 24: 33% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 22%)Planted, week ending May 31: 42% (5-yr avg 35%, last year 29%)Planted, week ending Jun 7: 56% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 39%)Planted, week ending Jun 14: 68% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 52%)Planted, week ending Jun 21: 77% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 69%)Planted, week ending Jun 28: 88% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 85%)Planted, week ending Jul 5: 92% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending Jul 12: 95% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 99%)Planted, week ending Jul 19: 96% (5-yr avg 98%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Jul 26: 98% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 100%)Planted, week ending Aug 2: 100% (5-yr avg 100%, last year 100%)Apr 19May 3May 17May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 100% as of Aug 2 (5-yr avg 100%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

Mississippi sweet potato harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Aug 30: 2% (5-yr avg 2%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 6: 5% (5-yr avg 6%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Sep 13: 18% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Sep 20: 30% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 7%)Harvested, week ending Sep 27: 40% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 17%)Aug 30Sep 6Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 40% as of Sep 27 (5-yr avg 29%).

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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