Texas spring sweet onion shipments are shaping up favorable as some competitive production areas finish their shipping seasons. This could result in a shortage of supplies, which Texans are hoping to fill from the Rio Grande Valley.
The Onion House of Weslaco, TX reports Idaho and Oregon onion shipments are winding down, while onion loadings out of Mexico are 2,000 loads ahead of last season. This could result in lower volume on towards the end of Mexico’s season.
Favorable whether in South Texas resulted in the harvest starting a little early in March, although peak shipments will be in April.
The company’s optimism also is bolstered since it sees the end of the Texas season facing good marketing conditions heading into May as cold weather in both California’s Imperial Valley and Georgia’s Vidalia district should result in later than usual starts for harvest.
The Onion House expects a good shipments of both red and yellow onions from Texas in April and will augment it with some loadings of white onions and organic onions from Mexico.