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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2021 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jul 18, when 54% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jul 18, 2021

Good to excellent · last reading

54%of the crop

Share of the 2021 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jul 18.

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95%

Harvested

As of Aug 1.

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, 2021

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, 20210%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 27%, Excellent 73% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 70%)Week ending May 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 27%, Excellent 73% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 77%)Week ending May 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 27%, Excellent 73% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 82%)Week ending May 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 30%, Excellent 68% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 89%)Week ending May 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 32%, Excellent 64% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 35%, Excellent 55% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 16%, Good 37%, Excellent 47% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 35%, Excellent 55% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 88%)Week ending Jun 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 35%, Excellent 55% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 73%)Week ending Jul 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 15%, Good 31%, Excellent 49% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 27%, Fair 19%, Good 27%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jul 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 27%, Fair 19%, Good 27%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 54% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 13Harvest begins−26 pts — week ending Jul 11−26 ptsMay 2May 16May 30Jun 13Jun 27Jul 11
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 54% good or excellent, week ending Jul 18. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2021

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20210%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 28: 20% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 4: 34% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 32%)Planted, week ending Apr 11: 45% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 47%)Planted, week ending Apr 18: 52% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 61%)Planted, week ending Apr 25: 60% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 72%)Planted, week ending May 2: 85% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 79%)Planted, week ending May 9: 90% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 86%)Planted, week ending May 16: 95% (5-yr avg 97%, last year 95%)Planted, week ending May 23: 98% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Mar 28Apr 11Apr 25May 9May 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 98% as of May 23.

Field progress

Emerged, 2021

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20210%50%100%Emerged, week ending Mar 28: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 4: 20% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 19%)Emerged, week ending Apr 11: 30% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 33%)Emerged, week ending Apr 18: 40% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 45%)Emerged, week ending Apr 25: 51% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 59%)Emerged, week ending May 2: 58% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 67%)Emerged, week ending May 9: 66% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 77%)Emerged, week ending May 16: 80% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 84%)Emerged, week ending May 23: 88% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 94%)Emerged, week ending May 30: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 6: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jun 13: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Mar 28Apr 11Apr 25May 9May 23Jun 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jun 13.

Field progress

Harvested, 2021

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20210%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 13: 1% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 20%)Harvested, week ending Jun 20: 3% (5-yr avg 36%, last year 28%)Harvested, week ending Jun 27: 15% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Jul 4: 35% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Jul 11: 47% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Jul 18: 65% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Jul 25: 77% (5-yr avg —, last year 93%)Harvested, week ending Aug 1: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27Jul 4Jul 11Jul 18Jul 25Aug 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 1.

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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