Texas onion shipments are underway with spring underway, just in time as Northwest storage onions are running low on supplies.
In fact Northwest storage shipments are expected to finish the season sooner than normal. Washington state onion loadings should be finished in early April, instead of lasting through May.
Texas yellow onions are in good supply, along with red onions from the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Idaho/Oregon onion shipments will continue into April, although some suppliers have completed their season. Stocks typically ship into May.
California onions will be available from the Imperial Valley beginning the week of April 18.
New Mexico onion shipments will open in early June.
Keystone Fruit Marketing based in Greencastle, PA. will start Vidalia onions April 12th and Walla Walla, WA onions in June.
Texas and Mexican onions – grossing about $5000 to Chicago.