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New Mexico onion crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Mexico onion crop for the week ending Jun 22, when 100% was good or excellent, 11 points above the five-year average of 89%, versus 100% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 96% complete (five-year average 79%).

Last rated week ending Jun 22, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

100%of the crop

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

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96%

Harvested

+17 points against the five-year pace of 79%.

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, 2025

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, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Apr 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 47%, Excellent 53% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 90%)Week ending Apr 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 43%, Excellent 57% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 98%)Week ending May 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 36%, Excellent 64% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 98%)Week ending May 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 30%, Excellent 67% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 99%)Week ending May 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 4%, Good 28%, Excellent 68% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 100%)Week ending May 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 36%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 36%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 36%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 3%, Good 30%, Excellent 67% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 100%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 29%, Excellent 71% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 100%)Harvest begins — week ending May 25Harvest beginsApr 20May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 100% good or excellent, week ending Jun 22. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

New Mexico onion planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending Oct 13: 23% (5-yr avg —, last year 11%)Planted, week ending Oct 20: 40% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Planted, week ending Oct 27: 55% (5-yr avg —, last year 42%)Planted, week ending Nov 3: 66% (5-yr avg —, last year 44%)Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 66% as of Nov 3.

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

New Mexico onion emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending Oct 13: 0% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Emerged, week ending Oct 20: 10% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Emerged, week ending Oct 27: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year 20%)Emerged, week ending Nov 3: 39% (5-yr avg —, last year 32%)Emerged, week ending Nov 10: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year 39%)Emerged, week ending Nov 17: 61% (5-yr avg —, last year 49%)Emerged, week ending Nov 24: 65% (5-yr avg —, last year 58%)Emerged, week ending Jan 5: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10Nov 17Nov 24Jan 5
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jan 5.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Mexico onion harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending May 25: 13% (5-yr avg —, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Jun 1: 27% (5-yr avg —, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Jun 8: 30% (5-yr avg —, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Jun 15: 50% (5-yr avg 26%, last year 42%)Harvested, week ending Jun 22: 74% (5-yr avg 38%, last year 65%)Harvested, week ending Jun 29: 83% (5-yr avg 51%, last year 77%)Harvested, week ending Jul 6: 85% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 80%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 90% (5-yr avg 70%, last year 85%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 96% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 92%)May 25Jun 8Jun 22Jul 6Jul 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 96% as of Jul 20 (5-yr avg 79%).

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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