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New Mexico pecan crop

As of the week ending Sep 27, 69% of the 2026 New Mexico pecan crop is rated good or excellent, 23 points below the five-year average of 92%, versus 92% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 85% complete.

Week ending Sep 27, 2026

Good to excellent

69%of the crop

23 points below the five-year average for this week, and 92% a year ago.

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85%

Harvested

As of Jan 4.

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, 2026

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, 20260%25%50%75%100%Week ending Jan 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 87%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Week ending Jun 14: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 71%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 92%)Week ending Jun 21: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 90%, last year 94%)Week ending Jun 28: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 71%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 94%)Week ending Jul 5: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 80%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 84%, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 12: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 15%, Good 85%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 85% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 99%)Week ending Jul 19: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 21%, Good 79%, Excellent 0% — good+excellent 79% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 92%)Week ending Jul 26: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 70%, Excellent 5% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 90%)Week ending Aug 2: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 29%, Good 65%, Excellent 6% — good+excellent 71% (5-yr avg 85%, last year 93%)Week ending Aug 9: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 31%, Good 56%, Excellent 13% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 86%, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 16: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 31%, Good 55%, Excellent 14% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 100%)Week ending Aug 23: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 64%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 97%)Week ending Aug 30: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 30%, Good 60%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 89%, last year 97%)Week ending Sep 6: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 25%, Good 65%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 75% (5-yr avg 87%, last year 97%)Week ending Sep 13: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 20%, Good 70%, Excellent 10% — good+excellent 80% (5-yr avg 88%, last year 93%)Week ending Sep 20: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 23%, Good 66%, Excellent 11% — good+excellent 77% (5-yr avg 91%, last year 97%)Week ending Sep 27: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 31%, Good 67%, Excellent 2% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 92%, last year 92%)Harvest begins — week ending Jan 4Harvest begins−16 pts — week ending Jun 14−16 ptsJan 4Jun 28Jul 19Aug 9Aug 30Sep 20
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 69% good or excellent, week ending Sep 27. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Harvested, 2026

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

New Mexico pecan harvested, 20260%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jan 4: 85% (5-yr avg —, last year —)Jan 4
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 85% as of Jan 4.

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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