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2021 is a new year for potato growers, and that’s a good thing.

Burlington, Wash.-based Double-N Potatoes, a grower of premium, fresh-market colored potatoes in Washington’s Skagit Valley, expects similar acreage compared with last year, said Ryan Schols, chief financial officer.

Klamath Ore.-based Wong Potatoes Inc. will see a slight acreage decline based on water availability concerns, said Ron Settlemire, sales manager.

The Packer is seeking input from Washington/Oregon onion suppliers for the July 19 Washington/Oregon Onion Section.

The Packer is seeking insight from Washington and Oregon potato suppliers for the July 5 special section on potatoes from the region.

Belding-based BelleHarvest, Michigan’s oldest grower-owned distributor of fresh apples, has acquired Michigan Fresh Marketing.

Led by Washington’s Columbia Basin output, onion production in Washington and Oregon accounts for more than four in 10 onions consumed in the U.S.

A run of hot weather that has stressed the Northwest onion crop is expected to reduce yields and set up an active market for storage onions.

Texas growing regions saw plenty of rain this past summer, and that should be a good foundation for upcoming produce harvests, said Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO for the Texas International Produce Association.

Arizona’s Santa Cruz County, which encompasses the city of Nogales and its assortment of produce houses, was one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.