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New Mexico pecan crop

USDA last rated the 2022 New Mexico pecan crop for the week ending Nov 27, when 97% was good or excellent, versus 60% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 36% complete.

Last rated week ending Nov 27, 2022

Good to excellent · last reading

97%of the crop

Share of the 2022 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Nov 27.

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36%

Harvested

As of Nov 27.

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, 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 pecan crop condition, 20220%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jan 2: Very poor 10%, Poor 15%, Fair 15%, Good 45%, Excellent 15% — good+excellent 60% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 6%, Fair 23%, Good 28%, Excellent 43% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 89%)Week ending Jun 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 26%, Good 30%, Excellent 39% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 91%)Week ending Jun 19: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 24%, Good 30%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 98%)Week ending Jun 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 31%, Excellent 41% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 93%)Week ending Jul 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 23%, Good 31%, Excellent 41% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 87%)Week ending Jul 10: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 22%, Good 32%, Excellent 41% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 79%)Week ending Jul 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 24%, Good 34%, Excellent 34% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 82%)Week ending Jul 24: Very poor 2%, Poor 5%, Fair 22%, Good 38%, Excellent 33% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 81%)Week ending Jul 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 22%, Good 33%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 7: Very poor 0%, Poor 5%, Fair 22%, Good 33%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 89%)Week ending Aug 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 25%, Good 35%, Excellent 32% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 83%)Week ending Aug 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 7%, Fair 20%, Good 41%, Excellent 31% — good+excellent 72% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 88%)Week ending Aug 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 18%, Good 38%, Excellent 38% — good+excellent 76% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 89%)Week ending Sep 4: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 17%, Good 36%, Excellent 42% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 89%)Week ending Sep 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 15%, Good 38%, Excellent 41% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 85%)Week ending Sep 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 5%, Fair 10%, Good 44%, Excellent 40% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 79%)Week ending Sep 25: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 8%, Good 41%, Excellent 46% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 83%)Week ending Oct 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 5%, Good 38%, Excellent 52% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 89%)Week ending Oct 9: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 35%, Excellent 58% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 98%)Week ending Oct 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 33%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 90%)Week ending Oct 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 33%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 81%)Week ending Oct 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 37%, Excellent 57% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 76%)Week ending Nov 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 37%, Excellent 57% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 72%)Week ending Nov 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 37%, Excellent 56% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 59%)Week ending Nov 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 3%, Good 40%, Excellent 54% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 60%)Week ending Nov 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 37%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg —, last year 60%)Harvest begins — week ending Jan 2Harvest begins−6 pts — week ending Aug 14−6 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Oct 16USDA forecastJan 2Jun 26Jul 24Aug 21Sep 18Oct 16Nov 13
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 97% good or excellent, week ending Nov 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Harvested, 2022

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

New Mexico pecan harvested, 20220%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jan 2: 70% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jan 23: 82% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Feb 20: 99% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 16: 3% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 23: 7% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Oct 30: 9% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Nov 6: 11% (5-yr avg 7%, last year 4%)Harvested, week ending Nov 13: 16% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 19%)Harvested, week ending Nov 20: 23% (5-yr avg 17%, last year 25%)Harvested, week ending Nov 27: 36% (5-yr avg —, last year 29%)Jan 2Feb 20Oct 23Nov 6Nov 20
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 36% as of Nov 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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