Well, April has come and gone and we are starting to see a slight increase in the potato market. We expect this to continue as we end the Norkota’s and have all Burbank’s in Idaho. The Burbank crop is not the best we have produced so we […]
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30
Apr
2013
market-4/30
23
Apr
2013
UPDATE-4/23
The California and Validia onions both seem to be suffering some serious seed stems as well as sun scold. This will create issues and probably lighter volume. However, both seem to be heavier to the Jumbo size and we expect to see that keep the Jumbo market […]
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19
Apr
2013
MARKET-4/19
As we close the week we have seen two things. First, potatoes are steady on consumers and moving up on cartons. Norkota’s will be finished by the May 3rd if not sooner and then all we will have in Idaho is Burbank’s. Idaho’s Burbank’s are not very […]
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15
Apr
2013
Update-4/15/13
The old crop onions remain steady but this is added pressure from new crop onions as volume increases in Texas and Mexico and California prepares to start the end of the week. Yellows are in the most jepordary but we have seen a decrease in whites as […]
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09
Apr
2013
MARKET UPDATE-4/9/13
The Idaho potato market has taken a slight jump due to the heavy promotion by the Idaho Potato Commission. The “Jumbo” consumer program is making a big hit with retailers and it has really cleaned up a lot of excess cartons. This promotion will go through the […]
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05
Apr
2013
Market update-4/5/13
The potato market on Burbank’s is moving up slowly on the bigger sizes (40-70) because of the Potato Commissions month long add on Jumbo consumers (mostly 60-70 size). We expect this to have some impact throughout the month but consumers see to be steady. Two’s have not […]
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