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New Mexico pecan crop

USDA last rated the 2023 New Mexico pecan crop for the week ending Dec 31, when 96% was good or excellent. Harvest stood at 50% complete.

Last rated week ending Dec 31, 2023

Good to excellent · last reading

96%of the crop

Share of the 2023 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Dec 31.

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50%

Harvested

As of Dec 31.

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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
New Mexico pecan crop condition, 20230%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jan 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 36%, Good 24%, Excellent 38% — good+excellent 62% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 11: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 28%, Excellent 69% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 69%)Week ending Jun 18: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 19%, Excellent 78% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 15%, Excellent 85% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 2: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 11%, Excellent 86% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 17%, Excellent 82% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 73%)Week ending Jul 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 2%, Good 16%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 68%)Week ending Jul 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 2%, Good 25%, Excellent 71% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 30: Very poor 5%, Poor 6%, Fair 11%, Good 16%, Excellent 62% — good+excellent 78% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 73%)Week ending Aug 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 9%, Good 13%, Excellent 71% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 73%)Week ending Aug 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 3%, Fair 5%, Good 12%, Excellent 80% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 67%)Week ending Aug 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 9%, Excellent 89% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 72%)Week ending Aug 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 6%, Excellent 91% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 76%)Week ending Sep 3: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 5%, Excellent 93% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 78%)Week ending Sep 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 6%, Excellent 91% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 79%)Week ending Sep 17: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 6%, Excellent 91% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 84%)Week ending Sep 24: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 5%, Excellent 93% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 87%)Week ending Oct 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 4%, Good 10%, Excellent 84% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 90%)Week ending Oct 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 3%, Good 2%, Excellent 93% — good+excellent 95% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 93%)Week ending Oct 15: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 2%, Good 11%, Excellent 86% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 94%)Week ending Oct 22: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 2%, Excellent 95% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 94%)Week ending Oct 29: Very poor 1%, Poor 2%, Fair 3%, Good 1%, Excellent 93% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 94%)Week ending Nov 5: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 2%, Good 1%, Excellent 95% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 94%)Week ending Nov 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 4%, Good 3%, Excellent 86% — good+excellent 89% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 93%)Week ending Nov 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 5%, Good 2%, Excellent 92% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 94%)Week ending Nov 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 5%, Good 10%, Excellent 84% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg —, last year 97%)Week ending Dec 31: Very poor 0%, Poor 1%, Fair 3%, Good 8%, Excellent 88% — good+excellent 96% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvest begins — week ending Jan 1Harvest begins−18 pts — week ending Jul 30−18 ptsUSDA forecast — week ending Oct 15USDA forecastJan 1Jul 2Jul 30Aug 27Sep 24Oct 22Nov 19
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 96% good or excellent, week ending Dec 31. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Harvested, 2023

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

New Mexico pecan harvested, 20230%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jan 1: 84% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Jan 29: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 82%)Harvested, week ending Oct 29: 2% (5-yr avg 4%, last year 9%)Harvested, week ending Nov 5: 7% (5-yr avg 5%, last year 11%)Harvested, week ending Nov 12: 35% (5-yr avg 11%, last year 15%)Harvested, week ending Nov 19: 38% (5-yr avg 16%, last year 22%)Harvested, week ending Nov 26: 43% (5-yr avg —, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Dec 31: 50% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jan 1Jan 29Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19Nov 26Dec 31
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 50% as of Dec 31.

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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