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New Mexico pecan crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Mexico pecan crop for the week ending Nov 23, when 98% was good or excellent, 16 points above the five-year average of 82%, versus 94% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 18% complete (five-year average 27%).

Last rated week ending Nov 23, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

98%of the crop

16 points above the five-year average for this week, and 94% a year ago.

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18%

Harvested

−9 points against the five-year pace of 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, 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.

2026202520242023202220212020
New Mexico pecan crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 14%, Good 84%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 7%, Good 85%, Excellent 8% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 93%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 6%, Good 76%, Excellent 16% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 99%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 73%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 94%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 6%, Good 71%, Excellent 23% — good+excellent 94% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 77%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 6%, Good 71%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 1%, Good 80%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 99% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 80%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 6%, Good 73%, Excellent 19% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 78%, last year 74%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 8%, Good 72%, Excellent 18% — good+excellent 90% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 79%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 5%, Good 72%, Excellent 21% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 86%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 70%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 89%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 65%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 82%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 64%, Excellent 33% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 73%, Excellent 24% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 78%)Week ending Sep 7: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 52%, Excellent 45% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 81%, last year 79%)Week ending Sep 14: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 5%, Good 57%, Excellent 36% — good+excellent 93% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 89%)Week ending Sep 21: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 66%, Excellent 31% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 91%)Week ending Sep 28: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 6%, Good 70%, Excellent 22% — good+excellent 92% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 94%)Week ending Nov 16: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 1%, Good 71%, Excellent 26% — good+excellent 97% (5-yr avg 80%, last year 93%)Week ending Nov 23: Very poor 1%, Poor 1%, Fair 0%, Good 71%, Excellent 27% — good+excellent 98% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 94%)−7 pts — week ending Jul 20−7 ptsJun 1Jun 22Jul 13Aug 3Aug 24Sep 14Nov 16
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 98% good or excellent, week ending Nov 23. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Mexico pecan harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jan 5: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 50%)Harvested, week ending Feb 2: 87% (5-yr avg —, last year 75%)Harvested, week ending Mar 2: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 96%)Harvested, week ending Mar 30: 97% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 12% (5-yr avg 21%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Nov 23: 18% (5-yr avg 27%, last year 34%)Jan 5Feb 2Mar 2Mar 30Nov 16Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 18% as of Nov 23 (5-yr avg 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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