Onions
Doug Bulgrin, the onion packing shed manager for Gumz Farms, Endeavor, Wis., is the new president of the National Onion Association.
The Packer’s Tom Karst on Feb. 10 interviewed Chris Pawelski, owner of Pawelski Farms in Goshen, N.Y.
Favorable planting and growing conditions have onion growers and shippers in South Texas anticipating a timely start and smooth season in 2020.
Organics are still a niche category in the Texas onion business, but they still grow — and sell, suppliers say.
The Weslaco, Texas-based Onion House has fewer acres planted this year than last, said Don Ed Holmes, owner.
Acreage is up this year at Mission, Texas-based organic onion grower-shipper South Tex Organics LLC.
The South Texas Onion Committee has developed www.tx1015.com, a website devoted to South Texas-grown onions.
Potandon Produce LLC, Idaho Falls, has hired John Palczynski as Midwest regional sales manager, a new position at the company.
The demand for organic has infiltrated the sweet Vidalia onion world — a demand that’s rising incrementally year after year, growers and marketers say.
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.
Even among health experts, the mortality rate for those who contract the new coronavirus COVID-19 remains a matter of debate, but some approximations range from 1% to 5%.
Protective layers seem to be in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that applies to produce, marketers say.
America’s “favorite sweet onion” will be served at “America’s Greatest Race.”
Usually, when you peel an onion, you toss out the skin. When you do that, you lose the skin’s antioxidants, and the waste goes to the landfill.
Glennville, Ga.-based G&R Farms has redesigned its Vidalia onion bag, box and bin packaging as part of the company’s new brand image.
California is a big force in the U.S. onion market.
Onion grower-shipper G&R Farms, Glennville, Ga., has a new user-friendly website that showcases the company’s history, including its role in introducing Vidalia onions.
Flavorful Brands, exclusive marketers of Tasti-Lee Tomatoes and Goldies Onions in the U.S. and Canada, announced the completion of a Series A $5 million capital raise with strategic investor House Foods Group Inc.
Chelsea, Mass.-based Morning Kiss Organic is looking forward to bringing a healthy crop of organic Vidalia onions to market this spring.
Hailey, Idaho-based ProSource Produce L.L.C., is releasing the first images of the company’s new, Sweet Onion carton, available to ship later this week.
To tell the story of the Texas 1015 Sweet Onion (TX1015), the Mission-based Texas International Produce Association has taken advantage of a USDA Specialty Crop Grant administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture.
The Packer wants to hear California onion suppliers’ insights and perspectives on this year’s crop.
ProSource Produce expects strong onion supplies and sales this summer, said Onni Lufkin, director of onion sales at ProSource Produce, Hailey, Idaho.
Shuman Farms will be shipping Vidalia sweet onions from southeast Georgia through late August and early September.
After Mexico and Texas volume fades and a slow period in July, Weslaco, Texas-based The Onion House LLC will start with intermediate onion varieties out of Olathe in western Colorado the last week of August.
With new crop supplies from California, Arizona and New Mexico supply in May, Owyhee Produce looks to have stable volume compared with a year ago.
The Packer is seeking input from Washington/Oregon onion suppliers for the July 19 Washington/Oregon Onion Section.
Mid-February freezing temperatures in South Texas reduced yields for the onion crop, and that is expected to translate to higher prices this season.
The long-awaited Vidalia onion season will arrive in mid-April.
The Packer is seeking input from onion marketers about their outlook for this spring and summer, to be used for The Packer’s May 10 Onion Marketing Section.