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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2024 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jun 23, when 100% was good or excellent, 14 points above the five-year average of 86%, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 95% complete.

Last rated week ending Jun 23, 2024

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

14 points above the five-year average for this week, and 100% a year ago.

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95%

Harvested

As of Jul 28.

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, 2024

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, 20240%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 46%, Excellent 52% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Apr 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 10%, Good 36%, Excellent 54% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending Apr 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 42%, Excellent 56% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Week ending May 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 2%, Good 42%, Excellent 56% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 100%)Week ending May 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 43%, Excellent 56% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 100%)Week ending May 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 42%, Excellent 58% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending May 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 40%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 31%, Excellent 69% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 42%, Excellent 58% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 39%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 95%)Week ending Jun 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 39%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 100%)−8 pts — week ending Apr 21−8 ptsHarvest begins — week ending May 19Harvest beginsApr 14Apr 28May 12May 26Jun 9Jun 23
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Jun 23. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2024

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20240%50%100%Planted, week ending Oct 1: 5% (5-yr avg —, last year 13%)Planted, week ending Oct 8: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 22%)Planted, week ending Oct 15: 12% (5-yr avg —, last year 38%)Planted, week ending Oct 22: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 46%)Planted, week ending Oct 29: 43% (5-yr avg —, last year 56%)Planted, week ending Nov 5: 45% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Planted, week ending Nov 12: 52% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Planted, week ending Nov 19: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Planted, week ending Nov 26: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Planted, week ending Dec 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Sep 22: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Sep 29: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Planted, week ending Oct 6: 15% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Oct 1Oct 15Oct 29Nov 12Nov 26Sep 22Oct 6
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 15% as of Oct 6.

Field progress

Emerged, 2024

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20240%50%100%Emerged, week ending Oct 15: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year 4%)Emerged, week ending Oct 22: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 7%)Emerged, week ending Oct 29: 24% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Emerged, week ending Nov 5: 35% (5-yr avg —, last year 15%)Emerged, week ending Nov 12: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 24%)Emerged, week ending Nov 19: 52% (5-yr avg —, last year 30%)Emerged, week ending Nov 26: 60% (5-yr avg —, last year 47%)Emerged, week ending Dec 31: 100% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19Nov 26Dec 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 100% as of Dec 31.

Field progress

Harvested, 2024

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20240%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 19: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending May 26: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jun 2: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year 15%)Harvested, week ending Jun 9: 26% (5-yr avg —, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Jun 16: 45% (5-yr avg 23%, last year 39%)Harvested, week ending Jun 23: 68% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 47%)Harvested, week ending Jun 30: 79% (5-yr avg 47%, last year 53%)Harvested, week ending Jul 7: 80% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 60%)Harvested, week ending Jul 14: 86% (5-yr avg 71%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Jul 21: 93% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 73%)Harvested, week ending Jul 28: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 79%)May 19Jun 2Jun 16Jun 30Jul 14Jul 28
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 95% as of Jul 28.

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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