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: April 14, 2024 	Released: April 15, 2024	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Mississippi, there were 1.8 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, April 14, 2024. Topsoil moisture supplies were 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 18 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 23 percent surplus.

Crop Progress for Week Ending April 14, 2024	
Crop	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5-year
average	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn planted
Corn emerged
Hay first cutting
Peanuts planted
Rice planted
Rice emerged
Soybeans planted
Soybeans emerged
Watermelons planted
Winter wheat headed	57
32
9
1
17
2
16
4
50
39	43
15
4
0
14
0
7
0
46
18	55
34
5
0
20
1
18
3
52
24	50
30
6
1
16
4
12
3
49
28	

Crop Condition for Week Ending April 14, 2024	
Item	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Blueberries
Hay, all
Livestock
Pasture
Vegetables
Winter wheat	1
2
2
1
0
0	3
6
4
5
4
4	38
43
26
38
43
32	53
44
59
48
52
59	5
5
9
8
1
5	

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/prog1524.pdf 

Mississippi Subsoil Moisture Map for the week of April 01 – April 07, 2024

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/.