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With new package and freight options for customers, Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Eagle Eye Produce is looking at the start of its yellow onion harvest in mid-August.

No matter how you slice it, Idaho and Oregon make up a big part of the U.S. onion supply.

Onion acreage is stable for Caldwell, Idaho-based Symms Fruit Ranch Inc., company officials report.

With new management in place, Nyssa, Ore.-based Snake River Produce is in a good position for the start of the Idaho-eastern Oregon onion season, says Joshua Frederick, general manager for the company.

The Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee is reaching both domestic and foreign buyers to promote this year’s crop, says Candi Fitch, executive director.

Despite challenging growing conditions, Owyhee Produce expects onion harvested acreage and yields at similar levels to a year ago, says Bailey Myers, marketing director for the Parma, Idaho-based shippers.

The summer citrus deal has changed over the past decade, emphasizing trends the industry is seeing in domestic production.

Catch up on companies that import and market easy peel citrus and more from Chile.

More summer Chilean clementine and mandarin volume is on tap for U.S. consumers this year.

The Ontario Produce Marketing Association and Fruits from Chile partnered this winter on a series of promotions, social media campaigns and other programs focusing on blueberries, stone fruit and grapes.