United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Mississippi Crop Progress and Condition		
Delta Region - Mississippi Field Office
121 North Jefferson Street, Suite 230  Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1259 · FAX (855) 270-2705 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce	
This report contains the results from the Crop Progress and Condition weekly survey. The survey is completed by county extension agents’ visual observations and contact with producers in their county. These data are also posted on our web site at https://www.nass.usda.gov/ms and in a more detailed report at https://www.nass.usda.gov. Thanks to all of the county extension agents who responded to this survey. 	
Week Ending: September 4, 2022 	Released: September 6, 2022	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Mississippi, there were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, September 4, 2022. Topsoil moisture supplies were 6 percent very short, 22 percent short, 62 percent adequate, and 10 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 12 percent very short, 26 percent short, 54 percent adequate, and 8 percent surplus.

Crop Progress for Week Ending September 4, 2022	
Crop	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5-year
average	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn dough
Corn dented
Corn mature
Corn harvested
Cotton squaring
Cotton setting bolls
Cotton bolls opening
Hay second cutting
Peanuts pegging
Peanuts dug
Peanuts harvested
Rice mature
Rice harvested
Soybeans setting pods
Soybeans coloring
Soybeans dropping leaves
Soybeans mature
Soybeans harvested
Sweet potatoes harvested
Watermelons harvested	100
98
91
53
100
95
44
87
96
12
6
85
23
98
63
35
21
13
15
100	99
96
88
29
99
94
25
85
93
7
2
65
2
97
44
23
14
4
3
99	100
98
92
58
100
94
53
94
96
19
9
80
16
97
64
34
17
8
0
100	100
98
91
57
100
97
43
(NA)
97
8
3
74
28
98
62
38
24
11
4
100	
	(NA)	Not available.	

Crop Condition for Week Ending September 4, 2022	
Item	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Blueberries
Corn
Cotton
Hay, all
Livestock
Pasture
Peanuts
Rice
Soybeans
Sweet potatoes
Vegetables	1
1
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
2	1
15
9
8
5
12
3
5
14
8
4	8
28
30
37
23
32
14
34
29
40
29	88
47
55
51
63
50
79
51
45
49
63	2
9
5
2
8
4
2
10
11
1
2	

The USDA NASS National Crop Progress release is a more detailed report including crop progress and condition at the National level. You can locate that release at: https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/prog3722.pdf 

Mississippi Subsoil Moisture Map for the Week of August 22 – August 28, 2022

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) provides measurements of soil moisture in the root zone as a weekly average, represented by pixels. Each pixel represents 9 by 9 kilometer plot or about 20,000 acres. The SMAP data measures soil moisture in cubic centimeters of water/cubic centimeters of soil. The scale represents the percent of water in a given volume of soil. More information and additional mapping is available at https://nassgeo.csiss.gmu.edu/CropCASMA/.