While a few shippers started the third week of May, it was the last week of the month before most started shipping New Mexico onions.
Tex-Mex Sales LLC of Houston reports average volume is expected for the the season, which will run through August. Acreage also is seen as normal this year.
New Mexico, along with the central San Joaquin Valley region, are started about the same time, while just some other regions have finished harvest including Texas and Idaho, and Washington. ThkeMeanwhile Imperial Valley season is coming to a close.
While growing conditions in the region have been good, albeit cool, growers recall in mid-March, there was a hot spell of about a week and that’s leading growers to wonder if those temperatures shocked the onions. So shippers are anxious to see how the crop finishes in June.
Good volume shipments are seen leading up the Fourth of July.