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Gearing up for the new season of storage onions out of the Northwest, here is some information as produce haulers you might find interesting, if not helpful.
Oregon and Washington state, rank number one and number two respectively when it comes to shipments of onions out of storage.
In July 2012 the Oregon Department of Agriculture issued some facts and figures. In the 2011 season Oregon onions ranked 11th in the state’s top 40 commodities list at a value of approximately $92 million.
Oregon was ranked first nationally for storage onion production, accounting for 27 percent of total USA supplies.
The Pacific Northwest provides the nation with strong volumes of storage and non-storage onions. Oregon ranked first and Washington ranked second nationally for onion production during 2011. A total of 174.5 million hundredweight of storage onions were produced in 2011.
Onions grown in Malheur County are part of the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion growing region and represent significant volume for the state. According to the 2012 Agripedia, published by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Malheur County accounted for 56 percent of Oregon’s total production.
The Pride of Washington State was released this past October. Washington ranked number two nationally for its production of all summer onions in 2011, accounting for 21.2 percent of national supplies. The commodity ranked number 16 among the state’s top 40 commodities during 2011, with an approximate value of production of $121.6 million.