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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Well, two months down and 10 to go. February closed out showing some signs of strength in the potato market. Consumers mostly but as we finish Norkota’s we have seen a slight change in some Burbank’s. Limited on cartons. There are occasional deals on some larger cartons […]
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As we have said for the last couple of weeks, we will see a big jump in the old crop onion market as soon as the weather breaks in the East and Mid-West. Well it is here! Market on Jumbo Yellows was $14 FOB last Friday and […]
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Trucks are still a bit tight but we see some signs that they may begin to be more readily available. That will really help. Even with the tight trucks we have been able to ship good volume. We don’t expect to see big changes in cartons or […]
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Transportation continues to be an issue out west. Trucks have been tied up because of the weather in the entire eastern part of the country. Hopefully, we will start to see an improvement next week but expect delays. Potatoes and onion markets remain steady. Onions are trying […]
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The weather continues to be a major player in the produce industry. Record bad weather in the East and Southeast is causing major issues with business. Potatoes are generally steady. We do find an occasional deal on big cartons but most are unchanged from last week. Onions […]
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