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New Mexico pepper crop

USDA last rated the 2025 New Mexico pepper crop for the week ending Aug 31, when 46% was good or excellent, versus 78% at this point last year. Harvest stood at 86% complete.

Last rated week ending Aug 31, 2025

Good to excellent · last reading

46%of the crop

Share of the 2025 crop rated good or excellent for the week ending Aug 31.

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86%

Harvested

As of Nov 23.

Analysis

Week ending Aug 16 — 6 weeks ago

New Mexico pepper condition trails five-year average

New Mexico's pepper crop rated 53% good to excellent in the week ending August 16, the most recent reading USDA has published for the state. That was up 6 points from the prior week but well below both the five-year average of 70% and last year's mark of 68% for the same week. Fair-rated acreage made up 46% of the crop, the largest single bucket. Planting and emergence both ran ahead of last year, at 95% each versus 89% and 85%. Harvest had not yet begun as of August 30. The next condition report will show whether the crop closed the gap to average.

This is the most recent reading USDA has published for this crop and state; it is not a current-week rating.

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.

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New Mexico pepper crop condition, 20250%25%50%75%100%Week ending May 4: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 0%, Good 30%, Excellent 70% — good+excellent 100% (5-yr avg —, last year 83%)Week ending May 11: Very poor 0%, Poor 7%, Fair 9%, Good 23%, Excellent 61% — good+excellent 84% (5-yr avg —, last year 86%)Week ending May 18: Very poor 4%, Poor 11%, Fair 16%, Good 17%, Excellent 52% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg —, last year 77%)Week ending May 25: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 11%, Good 27%, Excellent 60% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 57%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 1: Very poor 6%, Poor 9%, Fair 16%, Good 18%, Excellent 51% — good+excellent 69% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 67%)Week ending Jun 8: Very poor 0%, Poor 2%, Fair 10%, Good 29%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 88% (5-yr avg 56%, last year 70%)Week ending Jun 15: Very poor 6%, Poor 8%, Fair 16%, Good 20%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 70% (5-yr avg 58%, last year 76%)Week ending Jun 22: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 13%, Good 28%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 87% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 78%)Week ending Jun 29: Very poor 0%, Poor 0%, Fair 9%, Good 23%, Excellent 68% — good+excellent 91% (5-yr avg 59%, last year 71%)Week ending Jul 6: Very poor 6%, Poor 8%, Fair 13%, Good 14%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 73% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 70%)Week ending Jul 13: Very poor 1%, Poor 4%, Fair 13%, Good 14%, Excellent 68% — good+excellent 82% (5-yr avg 64%, last year 72%)Week ending Jul 20: Very poor 3%, Poor 5%, Fair 18%, Good 15%, Excellent 59% — good+excellent 74% (5-yr avg 62%, last year 69%)Week ending Jul 27: Very poor 5%, Poor 8%, Fair 20%, Good 17%, Excellent 50% — good+excellent 67% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 80%)Week ending Aug 3: Very poor 7%, Poor 14%, Fair 21%, Good 17%, Excellent 41% — good+excellent 58% (5-yr avg 65%, last year 89%)Week ending Aug 10: Very poor 6%, Poor 18%, Fair 24%, Good 17%, Excellent 35% — good+excellent 52% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 91%)Week ending Aug 17: Very poor 0%, Poor 12%, Fair 20%, Good 25%, Excellent 43% — good+excellent 68% (5-yr avg 67%, last year 77%)Week ending Aug 24: Very poor 6%, Poor 18%, Fair 25%, Good 17%, Excellent 34% — good+excellent 51% (5-yr avg —, last year 70%)Week ending Aug 31: Very poor 6%, Poor 18%, Fair 30%, Good 8%, Excellent 38% — good+excellent 46% (5-yr avg —, last year 78%)−18 pts — week ending Jun 1−18 ptsMay 4May 25Jun 15Jul 6Jul 27Aug 17
Very poorPoorFairGoodExcellent5-yr avg good+excellentLast year

Latest: 46% good or excellent, week ending Aug 31. Hover a bar for the full breakdown.

Field progress

Planted, 2025

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

New Mexico pepper planted, 20250%50%100%Planted, week ending Mar 30: 2% (5-yr avg —, last year 10%)Planted, week ending Apr 6: 21% (5-yr avg 34%, last year 33%)Planted, week ending Apr 13: 33% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 52%)Planted, week ending Apr 20: 44% (5-yr avg 63%, last year 62%)Planted, week ending Apr 27: 70% (5-yr avg 73%, last year 69%)Planted, week ending May 4: 85% (5-yr avg 83%, last year 77%)Planted, week ending May 11: 90% (5-yr avg —, last year 81%)Planted, week ending May 18: 93% (5-yr avg —, last year 87%)Planted, week ending May 25: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 95%)Mar 30Apr 13Apr 27May 11May 25
This year5-yr avgLast year

Planted: 95% as of May 25.

Field progress

Emerged, 2025

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

New Mexico pepper emerged, 20250%50%100%Emerged, week ending Apr 13: 13% (5-yr avg 13%, last year 23%)Emerged, week ending Apr 20: 16% (5-yr avg 22%, last year 31%)Emerged, week ending Apr 27: 38% (5-yr avg 33%, last year 35%)Emerged, week ending May 4: 50% (5-yr avg 45%, last year 38%)Emerged, week ending May 11: 55% (5-yr avg 53%, last year 46%)Emerged, week ending May 18: 60% (5-yr avg 60%, last year 48%)Emerged, week ending May 25: 70% (5-yr avg 68%, last year 51%)Emerged, week ending Jun 1: 75% (5-yr avg —, last year 62%)Emerged, week ending Jun 8: 80% (5-yr avg —, last year 65%)Emerged, week ending Jun 15: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 69%)Emerged, week ending Jun 22: 95% (5-yr avg —, last year 72%)Apr 13Apr 27May 11May 25Jun 8Jun 22
This year5-yr avgLast year

Emerged: 95% as of Jun 22.

Field progress

Harvested, 2025

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

New Mexico pepper harvested, 20250%50%100%Harvested, week ending Jan 5: 96% (5-yr avg —, last year 100%)Harvested, week ending Jul 13: 0% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 1%)Harvested, week ending Jul 20: 13% (5-yr avg 3%, last year 13%)Harvested, week ending Jul 27: 19% (5-yr avg 10%, last year 24%)Harvested, week ending Aug 3: 25% (5-yr avg 19%, last year 27%)Harvested, week ending Aug 10: 40% (5-yr avg 29%, last year 34%)Harvested, week ending Aug 17: 55% (5-yr avg 43%, last year 44%)Harvested, week ending Aug 24: 69% (5-yr avg 52%, last year 48%)Harvested, week ending Aug 31: 83% (5-yr avg 61%, last year 59%)Harvested, week ending Sep 7: 4% (5-yr avg 0%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 14: 16% (5-yr avg 79%, last year 0%)Harvested, week ending Sep 21: 34% (5-yr avg —, last year 3%)Harvested, week ending Sep 28: 37% (5-yr avg 18%, last year 16%)Harvested, week ending Nov 16: 63% (5-yr avg 82%, last year 79%)Harvested, week ending Nov 23: 86% (5-yr avg —, last year 84%)Jan 5Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14Sep 28Nov 23
This year5-yr avgLast year

Harvested: 86% as of Nov 23.

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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