Well, it has been a wild week in the potato and onion world, well onions anyway. Potato market has remained steady and we do expect to see it move slightly over the next few weeks. Onions have been active and closed the week higher. No volume of […]
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NEW CROP ONIONS ARE HERE and then they aren’t! The new crop Mexican onions are now starting to cross the border. We are 1/2 through the early Mexican crop and we are 1800 loads behind last year already. The late Mexican crop, which had started by now […]
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Well, two months down and 10 to go. February closed out showing some signs of strength in the potato market. Consumers mostly but as we finish Norkota’s we have seen a slight change in some Burbank’s. Limited on cartons. There are occasional deals on some larger cartons […]
Read moreAs the week closes things seem to be about the same. Potatoes appear steady. Onions have lots of strength and will probably go up next week but maybe not as much as this week. Trucks are still very tight and expensive. We expect to start next week […]
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We wish each of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SUPER SUCCESS IN 2014!!! THANKS FOR MAKING 2013 A GREAT YEAR FOR GARNAND MARKETING!!!
Read moreThe weather has broken and we are getting sunshine. Idaho potatoes are 98% finished and should be done by the weekend. The potato crop in both Washington and Idaho went into storage in good shape and we expect a very good quality crop coming out of storage. […]
Read moreThere is much concern about the onion crop this year because of the spot virus that has affected much of the crop. First, this virus has been around for about 10 to 15 years. It exists every year but is more sever during a hot summer. Hot […]
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Well, it has been a roller coaster ride for the potato market this week. There may be some relief because the weather has cooled and growers are going heavily into storage. This may reduce the pressure on some packing operations and allow the market to settle. Guess […]
Read moreWhile we expected to see the potato market slip, it fell apart. The extreme drop in one week was very suprising. We are still in harvest so there is a possibility that more changes will occur. However, we may be getting close to the bottom but time […]
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