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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jul 2, when 99% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jul 2, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

99%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Jul 2.

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95%

Harvested

As of Aug 27.

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, 2023

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, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Apr 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 39%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Apr 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 32%, Excellent 68% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending May 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 41%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 40%)Week ending May 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 40%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 40%)Week ending May 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 40%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 75%)Week ending May 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 44%, Excellent 51% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 75%)Week ending Jun 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 45%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 75%)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 36%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 5%, Good 35%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 79%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 25%, Excellent 74% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending May 28Harvest begins−5 pts — week ending May 28−5 ptsApr 16Apr 30May 14May 28Jun 11Jun 25
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 99% good or excellent, week ending Jul 2. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2023

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20230%50%100%Planted, week ending Sep 18: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Sep 25: 4% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 2: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 9: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 16: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 23: 47% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 30: 57% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Nov 6: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Nov 13: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Nov 20: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Nov 27: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Jan 1: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Sep 18Oct 2Oct 16Oct 30Nov 13Nov 27
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 99% as of Jan 1.

Field progress

Emerged, 2023

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20230%50%100%Emerged, week ending Oct 9: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Oct 16: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Oct 23: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Oct 30: 9% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Nov 6: 16% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Nov 13: 25% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Nov 20: 31% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Nov 27: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Jan 1: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Oct 9Oct 23Nov 6Nov 20Jan 1
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jan 1.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 28: 8% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jun 4: 18% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jun 11: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jun 18: 43% (5-yr avg 25%, last year 36%)Harvested, week ending Jun 25: 49% (5-yr avg 37%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Jul 2: 55% (5-yr avg 54%, last year 56%)Harvested, week ending Jul 9: 62% (5-yr avg 66%, last year 66%)Harvested, week ending Jul 16: 66% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 76%)Harvested, week ending Jul 23: 76% (5-yr avg —, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Jul 30: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Harvested, week ending Aug 6: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Harvested, week ending Aug 13: 89% (5-yr avg —, last year 94%)Harvested, week ending Aug 20: 92% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Aug 27: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year —)May 28Jun 11Jun 25Jul 9Jul 23Aug 6Aug 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Aug 27.

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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