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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2026 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jun 28, when 75% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete (five-year average 80%).

Last rated week ending Jun 28, 2026

Good to excellent · last reading

75%of the crop

Share of the 2026 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jun 28.

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95%

Harvested

+15 points against the five-year pace of 80%.

Analysis

Week ending Jun 28 — 13 weeks ago

New Mexico onion harvest outpaces five-year average

New Mexico's onion crop was rated 75% good to excellent for the week ending June 28, 2026, down 4 points from the prior week; that is the most recent condition reading USDA has published for the state. Excellent condition alone accounted for half the crop. By the week ending July 19, harvest reached 95%, matching last year's pace and running 15 points ahead of the five-year average. Planting had been at 9% and emergence at 60%, both slightly behind last year's levels of 9% and 64%.

This is the most recent reading USDA has published for this crop and state; it is not a current-week rating.

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
New Mexico onion crop condition, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 19: Very poor 5%, Poor 5%, Fair 50%, Good 40%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Apr 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 46%, Good 45%, Excellent 9% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending May 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 41%, Good 41%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 59% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending May 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 37%, Good 38%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 97%)Week ending May 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 33%, Good 33%, Excellent 34% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 96%)Week ending May 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 28%, Good 29%, Excellent 43% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 97%)Week ending May 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 25%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 97%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 21%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 97%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 25%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 97%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 21%, Good 21%, Excellent 58% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 25%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 7Harvest begins−5 pts — week ending Jun 14−5 ptsApr 19May 3May 17May 31Jun 14Jun 28
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 75% good or excellent, week ending Jun 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2026

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20260%50%100%Planted, week ending Sep 21: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Sep 28: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Sep 21Sep 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 9% as of Sep 28.

Field progress

Emerged, 2026

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20260%50%100%Emerged, week ending Nov 16: 57% (5-yr avg —, last year 59%)Emerged, week ending Nov 23: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 64%)Nov 16Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 60% as of Nov 23.

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 24: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending May 31: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Jun 7: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year 30%)Harvested, week ending Jun 14: 30% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Jun 21: 51% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 71%)Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 80% (5-yr avg 55%, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 85% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 91% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 89%)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 95% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 95%)May 24Jun 7Jun 21Jul 5Jul 19
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Jul 19 (5-yr avg 80%).

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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