Onion

On Friday, July 4th at 10:30 AM, Apofruit celebrates its 65th anniversary with an event at the Altedo plant (BO), a center specializing in the processing and packaging of potatoes, onions, and pears for the entire Northern Italy region. Founded in 1960, Apofruit is now one of the read more

In 2025, the Netherlands cultivated over 83,000 hectares of ware potatoes, marking an 8.6% increase from the previous year. This is the first time since 2000 that ware potato acreage has exceeded 80,000 hectares. According to provisional figures from the 2025 Agricultural Census by Statistics Netherlands. read more

The new harvest season for the Acquaviva red onion has officially started, with the first bulbs hitting the market around a week ago. Giammarco Lionetti from Agriconetto, an Italian company located in Acquaviva, Apulia, that cultivates 12.5 hectares of this crop, gave an initial overview. read more

At the beginning of 2025 in the Netherlands, there were market worries about prices decreasing in January and remaining stable in February, possibly suggesting a sluggish second-half export season. These concerns were exacerbated by the government of Senegal, which prohibited any additional imports of onions. read more

Last week, the last batch of onions from the previous season was shipped out from Dacomex in Sint-Maartensdijk. "We had a successful season with steady demand and robust exports, reaching record levels in some markets. It was a busy season with two price increases, one towards the end of the season." read more

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An innovative all-paper packaging with various shapes and openings designed to enhance consumer perception and extend product shelf-life. Verona-based company Odorizzi, a founding member of the La Grande Bellezza Italiana (LGBI) business network, initiated research in 2017 on this type of packaging. read more

The greenhouses that were once full of fruit-bearing vegetables are now being used to grow various cabbage crops, as well as onions and leeks. These plants are not grown for consumption, but for seed production. Bastiaan Borst, a former chrysanthemum grower, and his son Timo have ventured into seed production in these greenhouses. read more

Urban Organic Farming Community (UOFC) held its Vegetable Market Day at Klipspruit West Secondary School, showcasing the initial harvest of organic vegetables, including beetroot, spinach, garlic, spring onions, and carrots. Attendees were exposed to products such as homemade Ubuntu spinach dip. read more

Industrial Auctions is providing the chance to purchase Dawtona's entire onion sorting and packaging line situated in Leszno, Poland. The online auction includes various machinery such as infeed bunkers, inspection tables, an onion neck topper, brusher, screen grader, filler, weighing machine, read more

Not only radicchio, peaches and nectarines, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, but also a completely Italian onion. The new harvest of the Italian season of the golden onion of the Great Italian Beauty has begun. Perusi, founding partner of the business network that combines national productions of... read more

In traditional retail outlets (excluding discounters), organic yellow onions were sold for 5.70 CHF (6.97 USD) per kilogram in April. Non-organic yellow onions, on the other hand, were priced at 1.68 CHF (2.05 USD) per kilogram. The price difference between organic and non-organic onions was therefore 4.02 CHF. read more

Spanish onion growers and exporters are still dealing with uncertainty due to high domestic prices, the cost of first Dutch onions, and import prices of Peruvian sweet onions. The weather this year has led to a general shortage of domestic onions in the Spanish regions of Andalusia. read more