“I’ve never experienced anything like this. I mean, this wiped us out completely,” Uvalde vegetable grower Brandon Laffere said of the devastation wrought on Texas crops by Winter Storm Uri.
Texas grower shippers are looking forward to a bountiful season for fruit and vegetable crops.
Texas onion acreage in 2019 will be 6,400 acres, off substantially from last year, because rains delayed plantings.
With ample supplies of grapefruit and late oranges remaining, Texas citrus suppliers expect to be able to offer shipments through mid- to late May.
While Texas is known for its sweet yellow onion, reds are getting their day in the spotlight, too.
A cool, wet planting season pushed Texas onions a few weeks later than usual, but grower-shippers aren’t bothered by the delay.