Onions
The modification consolidates geographic districts under the marketing order and reapportions committee membership among producers and handlers.
There is more than one way to spur onion sales at retail, but early returns from a poll of industry members point to the importance of retail display space.
Peruvian onion importers say the season will start a little late thanks to a strong Vidialia onion season in the U.S.
Sixty percent of consumers polled by The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2024 survey reported fresh onion purchases in the past year.
The Idaho-Eastern Oregon Committee is promoting the region’s onions in various high-profile ways, says Candi Fitch, executive director.
In 2023, Idaho accounted for 14% of the U.S. domestic shipments and Oregon accounted for 10%.
The total value of agriculture exports from Peru to the U.S. is expected to reach $11.4 billion this year.
The grower-packer-shipper provided an update on the start of the new crop shipping season.
“We have significantly increased our onion acreage and are hopeful for the outcome of the season even with Mother Nature’s curveballs,” said Bailey Myers-Hartley, marketing director for the company.
Despite weather challenges in the growing season, the Idaho Falls, Idaho, company reports excellent sizing for its harvest.
Each year the committee offers foodservice and retail materials, full-color POS merchandise material, recipe cards for consumers and foodservice, and educational material.
Cold Connect, a Union Pacific Railroad program that shipped fresh produce and other perishables across the country, has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Van Doren Sales Inc., East Wenatchee, Wash., which manufactures packinghouse equipment, has acquired Agjet LLC., a data integration company focused on case handling, coding and traceability.
A warm winter and rainy spring with a few hail storms and tornadoes have put a damper on some of Georgia’s crops, which peak in marketable volume mid-May to mid-June.
There are plenty of onions available at the end of April after six weeks of the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, and the results were apparent in the latest prices.
Baloian Farms, Fresno, Calif., is beginning its 40th season of shipping heirloom Fresno Flat Sweet Red Onions.
RPE Inc., Bancroft, Wis., has hired Lauren Mordasky as business development manager.
The year started off fine for The Fresh Guys, said president Peter Braidman. But then COVID-19 came along.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic delivered a devastating blow to many businesses that buy onions, it left no doubt about the importance of onions in diets worldwide, suppliers say.
Harold Weisfeld, founder of Fruit Distributing Corp. of California, Commerce, has died.
Onions Etc. is upping its production capacity this year, said Darrell Kelson, CEO.
Salinas, Calif.-based Coastline Family Farms is launching onion production in Stockton, Calif., this year, said Robert Verloop, chief operating officer.
Effective July 30, assessment rates for onions handled under the South Texas onion marketing order will decrease from 6.5 cents to five cents per 50-pound unit.
Generation Farms, Vidalia, Ga., is adding white and purple garlic to its line of fruits and vegetables.
Fresh produce industry associations have joined other agricultural groups in asking the USDA to extend the deadline for producers to receive direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
Eagle Eye Produce, Idaho Falls, is shipping new crop yellow and red onions, with white onions to follow soon.
Vidalia onion grower G&R Farms has hired Jon Dorminey as director of operations.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited Sept. 16 with Shay Myers, CEO of Parma, Idaho-based Owyhee Produce.