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Distributors of produce from West Mexico were hoping for a fruitful spring after a fall/winter season affected by rainstorms and cold weather.

Champagne brand mangoes from Chiapas, Mexico, the signature item for Rio Rico, Ariz.-based Ciruli Bros., should peak during the second week of March, said partner Chris Ciruli.

Growers in West Mexico offer a wide range of winter produce and distributors were reporting good quality on all commodities.

Matt Quiring is now director of sales for Leamington, Ontario-based Nature Fresh Farms.

Favorable planting and growing conditions have onion growers and shippers in South Texas anticipating a timely start and smooth season in 2020.

Organics are still a niche category in the Texas onion business, but they still grow — and sell, suppliers say.

The Weslaco, Texas-based Onion House has fewer acres planted this year than last, said Don Ed Holmes, owner.

Acreage is up this year at Mission, Texas-based organic onion grower-shipper South Tex Organics LLC.

The South Texas Onion Committee has developed www.tx1015.com, a website devoted to South Texas-grown onions.

The demand for organic has infiltrated the sweet Vidalia onion world — a demand that’s rising incrementally year after year, growers and marketers say.