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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.

Washington apple growers are continuing to see big volume of organic apples, with expected fresh output close to that of a year ago.

Washington’s Cosmic Crisp apples are on the rise.

The value of U.S. apple exports dipped slightly in the year ending June 2021, but some export destinations saw big gains.

Harvest will pick up steam in August for the 2021 Wisconsin potato crop.

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.