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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jun 28, when 73% was good or excellent, versus 76% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jun 28, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

73%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jun 28.

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95%

Harvested

As of Jul 26.

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, 2020

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.

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New Mexico onion crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 50%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending May 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 50%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending May 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 23%, Good 57%, Excellent 20% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending May 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 57%, Excellent 25% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 100%)Week ending May 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 57%, Excellent 32% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending May 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 11%, Good 57%, Excellent 32% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 50%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 85%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 8%, Good 41%, Excellent 47% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 84%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 8%, Good 40%, Excellent 48% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 23%, Good 34%, Excellent 39% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg —, last year 76%)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 7Harvest begins−15 pts — week ending Jun 28−15 ptsApr 26May 10May 24Jun 7Jun 21
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 73% good or excellent, week ending Jun 28. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2020

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20200%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 29: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 21%)Planted, week ending Apr 5: 35% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 38%)Planted, week ending Apr 12: 49% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 58%)Planted, week ending Apr 19: 63% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending Apr 26: 74% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 79%)Planted, week ending May 3: 80% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 85%)Planted, week ending May 10: 87% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 88%)Planted, week ending May 17: 96% (5-yr avg 99%, last year 94%)Mar 29Apr 5Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 3May 10May 17
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 96% as of May 17 (5-yr avg 99%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2020

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20200%50%100%Emerged, week ending Mar 29: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 5%)Emerged, week ending Apr 5: 21% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 11%)Emerged, week ending Apr 12: 35% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 23%)Emerged, week ending Apr 19: 47% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 48%)Emerged, week ending Apr 26: 61% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 60%)Emerged, week ending May 3: 68% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 64%)Emerged, week ending May 10: 78% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 67%)Emerged, week ending May 17: 85% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 72%)Emerged, week ending May 24: 96% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 82%)Mar 29Apr 12Apr 26May 10May 24
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 96% as of May 24 (5-yr avg 95%).

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 31: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Jun 7: 11% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Jun 14: 22% (5-yr avg 32%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Jun 21: 29% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 29%)Harvested, week ending Jun 28: 50% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Jul 5: 69% (5-yr avg 74%, last year 54%)Harvested, week ending Jul 12: 77% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Jul 19: 80% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Jul 26: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 31Jun 14Jun 28Jul 12Jul 26
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Jul 26.

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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