Onion

It lasts longer and requires less pesticides. It is also much tastier according to Gustav Leonhardt, winner of Chef of the Year 2021 and Sweden’s representative in the Bocuse d‘Or 2024. The 5G onion is an example of how one of the most common ingredients in the Swedish kitchen, with the help
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The 27th Euronion meeting, an event that gathers traders, producers and researchers from all over the world specializing in the onion sector ended on November 10th, 2023. The 2023 edition was organized by Matteo Freddi from "Cipolle Freddi" and featured David O'Connor as the event coordinator. read more

Onion supply across North America is ample. “There seems to be plenty just about everywhere,” says John Harris of Paradigm Fresh. “As we head into 2024 though, I’m expecting some of that to change.” read more

Drivers in Marathon, Florida, are being dealt with in a special way for speeding in school zones. When a driver is caught for minor speeding violations, the police offer them the choice of an onion or a standard traffic fine. This humorous approach started over twenty years ago and is intended
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Ukrainian farmers were able to increase wholesale prices for high quality onions in the first days of the current week, according to EastFruit market monitoring. The main reason for the uptrend was shortage of supply of higher quality onions as farmers preferred storing them. read more

The use of drip irrigation has significantly improved farmers in Kyrgyzstan their ability to produce onions, says Abdykerimov Eldiar, owner of Agroplant: “The onion production in Kyrgyzstan is seeing similar levels as last year. I think last year the harvest was slightly larger, but not
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High prices for vegetables and tubers continue. Some categories such as potatoes and onions maintain already high quotations and will remain so until the new harvest, while others are more at the mercy of fluctuations. Important prices also for tomatoes, stellar for courgettes. read more

Ukrainian farmers were able to increase wholesale prices for high quality onions in the first days of the current week, according to EastFruit market monitoring. The main reason for the uptrend was shortage of supply of higher quality onions as farmers preferred storing them. read more

Seasonal favorites like pomegranates, persimmons, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pineapples, potatoes, carrots, and celery were front and center. As were football party staples such as avocados, jalapeno and serrano peppers, onions, Roma tomatoes, cilantro, baby carrots, and cucumbers were well
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The Indian government has initiated aggressive retail sale of onion from the buffer at subsidized price of Rs.25 per kg to protect the consumers from recent increase in onion prices due to delay in the arrival of kharif crop. This comes as another measure in addition to the slew of measures put
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Will the old palletisers move with us to the new building or will we switch completely to new ones? Arian Vos of Vos Onions from Veen asked himself this question when the new building was completed last year. He eventually chose to move the two existing Symach machines and buy a third
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Senegalese onions are now available for export. Mokhtar El Mahdaoui, a Moroccan-Senegalese producer, gives us an update. read more

Sam Vasala travelled to various countries before and after Fruit Attraction in Madrid and after talking to his European clients he reckons there will be another onion shortage in the coming months. read more

The onion harvest in North Rhine-Westphalia was completed this year with average yields, Hermann-Josef Jansen from the onion company of the same name based in Brüggen informs us. "Nevertheless, quality problems are already becoming apparent in many lots, as up to 30-40 percent of the onions
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Onion prices in Maharashtra fell by 5-9 per cent from last week, following the governmental decision to fix the minimum export price. On Saturday, the federal government imposed a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of USD 800 per ton on onion exports till December 31 to boost the availability of the
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The Department of Agriculture of the Philippines has monitored the prices of onion and garlic in local markets. Citing the data from the DA, Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said the average prices of local onion sin September and October this year range from PHP140 to 142; PHP125 to 130
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In the fall of 2023, Ukrainians are experiencing fluctuations in prices for vegetables. The conclusion of the harvesting season has led to a shortage of certain vegetables, resulting in price increases. Popular are onions, garlic, and beets. The final batches of salad vegetables are yet
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This weekend, the Indian government imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of $800 per ton on onion exports till December 31 this year, hoping to increase the availability of the vegetable in the domestic market and contain prices. The decision will come into effect from October 29. read more

"There are enormous differences between plots, within our company, too," begins Jaap D'Hont of the Dutch grading company with the same name. "We get onions from plots with yields of 15 tons per hectare, but also 50 tons. That difference depends purely on being able to irrigate or not.
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Sweet onion supply has transitioned to coming out of Peru and supplies look steady. “Our New Mexico sweet onion season ran a little bit later but the transition was right on schedule,” says Jeff Brechler of Little Bear Produce. Supply will continue to come from Peru through the first of
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