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New Mexico pecan crop

USDA last rated the 2020 New Mexico pecan crop for the week ending Nov 29, when 64% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 17% complete.

Last rated week ending Nov 29, 2020

Good to excellent · last reading

64%of the crop

Share of the 2020 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Nov 29.

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17%

Harvested

As of Nov 29.

Analysis

Week ending Sep 27

New Mexico pecan condition fell well below average

For the week ending September 27, 2026, 69% of New Mexico's pecan crop was rated good to excellent, down 8 points from the prior week and well below both the five-year average of 92% and last year's mark of 92% for the same week. Most of the remainder was rated fair, with no acres in poor or very poor condition. Harvest was 85% complete as of the week ending January 4, 2026. The next USDA condition report will show whether the decline continued into the close of the season.

Written from USDA data and source reports

Weekly ratings

Crop condition, 2020

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 pecan crop condition, 20200%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 9%, Good 68%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 73%)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 18%, Good 62%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 73%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 2%, Poor 6%, Fair 19%, Good 61%, Excellent 12% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 72%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 70%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 76%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 23%, Good 70%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 78%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 28%, Good 66%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 78%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 70%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 84%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 66%, Excellent 4% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 22%, Good 69%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 27%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 26%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 95%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 27%, Good 73%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 27%, Good 72%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 28%, Good 71%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 32%, Good 64%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg 95%, last year 98%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 37%, Good 55%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 55% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 99%)Week ending Oct 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 38%, Good 57%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 57% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Week ending Oct 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 31%, Good 66%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 96%)Week ending Oct 18: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 66%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 99%)Week ending Oct 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 32%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 94%, last year 98%)Week ending Nov 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 31%, Good 65%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 65% (5-yr avg 93%, last year 97%)Week ending Nov 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 4%, Fair 30%, Good 66%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 66% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 93%)Week ending Nov 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 32%, Good 63%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 63% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 89%)Week ending Nov 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 32%, Good 62%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 84%)Week ending Nov 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 28%, Good 63%, Excellent 1% — good+excellent 64% (5-yr avg —, last year —)−10 pts — week ending Jul 12−10 ptsHarvest begins — week ending Oct 25Harvest beginsJun 7Jul 5Aug 2Aug 30Sep 27Oct 25Nov 22
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 64% good or excellent, week ending Nov 29. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Harvested, 2020

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

New Mexico pecan harvested, 20200%50%100%Harvested, week ending Oct 25: 1% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Nov 1: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Nov 8: 3% (5-yr avg 9%, last year 2%)Harvested, week ending Nov 15: 4% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 10%)Harvested, week ending Nov 22: 5% (5-yr avg 20%, last year 17%)Harvested, week ending Nov 29: 17% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Oct 25Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15Nov 22Nov 29
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 17% as of Nov 29.

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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