Look for increased onion volume coming over the border next week. This may cause some pressure on the onion market. While we have had some shippers finish for the season in the Northwest we still have good volume coming out of there. We would urge some caution […]
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Potatoes seem to be about steady. Shippers with contracts and/or extensive relations with volume customers seem to have adequate business and are firm on their prices. Those that do not are more flexible. This is partly do to consistent quality and/or supply. We are finally getting more […]
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This has been a bit of a strange week. Business in general has been on the slow side but many shippers have either slowed down or quit for the season. Because of that, next week may show some changes. Many potato shippers are slowing down because of […]
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Well, things seemed to have calmed somewhat this week. Demand has stabilized on both potatoes and onions and markets seem to be more stable as well. Several shippers have slowed down somewhat because they are concerned about running out of potatoes earlier than they would like. 40 […]
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First, Potatoes are steady. Some shippers are slowing down to allow the market to stabilize. This is keeping the market steady. We expect this to continue through the next two weeks or until the demand starts to pick up. The onion market is anything but steady. There […]
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The onion market continues to go up. Market today was in the range of $24 on Jumbo Yellows in Idaho and $20 in Washington. New crop Mexican onions were $26. We don’t expect much change anytime soon but we will have the late Mexican starting towards the […]
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Well, it has been a wild week in the potato and onion world, well onions anyway. Potato market has remained steady and we do expect to see it move slightly over the next few weeks. Onions have been active and closed the week higher. No volume of […]
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NEW CROP ONIONS ARE HERE and then they aren’t! The new crop Mexican onions are now starting to cross the border. We are 1/2 through the early Mexican crop and we are 1800 loads behind last year already. The late Mexican crop, which had started by now […]
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