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Market conditions for Idaho potatoes in mid-October showed prices that were running stronger than year-ago levels.

The Idaho Potato Commission has revamped its website, with the new design featuring new campaigns and enhanced recipe categorization by diet.

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.

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.