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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2022 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jun 26, when 82% was good or excellent, versus 90% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jun 26, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

82%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jun 26.

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95%

Harvested

As of Aug 14.

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, 2022

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, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 8: Very poor 5%, Poor 15%, Fair 40%, Good 25%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Week ending May 15: Very poor 5%, Poor 15%, Fair 40%, Good 25%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 40% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending May 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 98%)Week ending May 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 96%)Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 20%, Good 60%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 18%, Good 69%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 84%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 20%, Good 78%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 90%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 18%, Good 82%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Harvest begins — week ending Jun 12Harvest beginsMay 8May 15May 22May 29Jun 5Jun 12Jun 19Jun 26
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 82% good or excellent, week ending Jun 26. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2022

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20220%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 27: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Apr 3: 20% (5-yr avg 41%, last year 32%)Planted, week ending Apr 10: 30% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 43%)Planted, week ending Apr 17: 40% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 51%)Planted, week ending Apr 24: 55% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 59%)Planted, week ending May 1: 70% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Planted, week ending May 8: 85% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 89%)Planted, week ending May 15: 95% (5-yr avg 96%, last year 94%)Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10Apr 17Apr 24May 1May 8May 15
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of May 15 (5-yr avg 96%).

Field progress

Emerged, 2022

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20220%50%100%Emerged, week ending Mar 27: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Apr 3: 10% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 19%)Emerged, week ending Apr 10: 20% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 29%)Emerged, week ending Apr 17: 25% (5-yr avg 50%, last year 39%)Emerged, week ending Apr 24: 35% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 49%)Emerged, week ending May 1: 45% (5-yr avg 69%, last year 57%)Emerged, week ending May 8: 60% (5-yr avg 76%, last year 65%)Emerged, week ending May 15: 70% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 78%)Emerged, week ending May 22: 85% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 87%)Emerged, week ending May 29: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Mar 27Apr 10Apr 24May 8May 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of May 29.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jun 12: 14% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Jun 19: 40% (5-yr avg 28%, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Jun 26: 45% (5-yr avg 42%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Jul 3: 58% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 32%)Harvested, week ending Jul 10: 67% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 45%)Harvested, week ending Jul 17: 77% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 62%)Harvested, week ending Jul 24: 81% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Harvested, week ending Jul 31: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 92%)Harvested, week ending Aug 7: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 14: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jun 12Jun 26Jul 10Jul 24Aug 7
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 14.

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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