Ua haʻi mai ʻo Dan Borer me Keystone Fruit Marketing ma Walla Walla, WA, iā mākou i ka lā Malaki 24 e hoʻopau ana ka papahana ʻono ʻono ʻo Keystone Peru. "Ke kokoke mai nei kā mākou papahana Peru, a pono e hoʻopau ʻia nā mea ʻono ʻono a pau i ka pule mua a i ʻole ka lua o ʻApelila," wahi āna. “Ke hoʻopaʻa nei mākou i kēia manawa i nā aniani ʻono mai Mexico a me Texas, a maikaʻi loa ka maikaʻi e puka mai ana mai Mexico. Maikaʻi ke kumu kūʻai akā ʻaʻole mākou e manaʻo e hoʻokō i nā pae like me ka makahiki i hala" hoʻomau ʻo Dan, "Ua hiki mai ka hua ʻai Keystone Texas ma ka paʻukū ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka nui o ka nui, a ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ke kau ma mua o ka maʻamau. Manaʻo mākou ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei mākou i ke kumu kūʻai maikaʻi, ʻaʻole paha ia i nā pae like me ka makahiki i hala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua maikaʻi ke koi ʻana o Keystone no kā lākou Northwest hybrids. "Ua piʻi mau ka noi," wahi a Dan. "Ke hoʻomau nei ka wehe ʻana o ka lawelawe meaʻai, a ke kūkulu nei ka manawa ma laila. Ke lawe nei ka poʻe kaʻina hana i kā lākou mau hana, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea. " Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ke manaʻo nei mākou e paʻa ana nā lako a hiki i Mei, a me ia, ʻike paha mākou i ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākeke ma luna o nā pae awelika. E like me kā mākou lako, ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka maikaʻi. Aia nā ʻolika i ke kūlana ma luna o ka awelika.
Idaho-E. Oregon:
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris Woo me Owyhee Produce ma Nyssa, OR, a me Parma, ID, i ka lā Malaki 23, "ʻO ka noi no nā melemele maʻamau a me nā ʻulaʻula ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa, me nā lako i waiho ʻia i loko o ka waiho ʻana a me ke ʻano maikaʻi. Paʻa ke kumu kūʻai. Ua pilau ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaʻa a me ke kumu kūʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chris, "ʻO nā aniani keʻokeʻo no ka wahi e hoʻopau ana no ke kau."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Herb Haun me Haun Packing ma Weiser, ID, ua hoʻopau ʻia kāna hana i ka makahiki 2020-21, me ʻelua mau ukana i waiho ʻia e moku. "Ua pau mākou, a he makahiki ʻoi loa ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Herb i ka lā Malaki 24. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua palahalaha ke koi i ka pule i hala aku nei, no ka nui o ka lako. "Ua maikaʻi loa mākou ma ia mea," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia no ka ʻoihana ʻonika. Akā ua ʻike ʻo ia "ma ka liʻiliʻi o ke koena o ka ag e hele maikaʻi ana i ka makahiki 2021, hiki ke hoʻopau i ke kaomi ʻana i nā aniani."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Steve Baker me Baker & Murakami Produce ma Ontario, OR, i ka lā Malaki 24 he "kūpono ka noi akā ʻaʻole i ka wikiwiki o mākou i nā pule ʻelua i hala." Ua hoʻohui ʻo Steve, "ʻoi aku ka nui o nā nui Jumbo ma mua o nā nui ʻē aʻe i kēia pule." Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, "He koʻikoʻi ka mākeke ma ia mea mai ka hoʻonui nui ʻana mai Mexico mai. Mai nā mea hiki iaʻu ke hōʻiliʻili, loaʻa iā Mekiko nā lako maikaʻi no nā pule ʻelua. Ma hope o ia mea hiki ke lilo i mea hoihoi loa. " Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Steve, "Ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu ma kahi o 20 pakeneka o ka hua ʻai Texas ʻaʻole i ʻohi ʻia a hele pololei i ka ʻinikua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hoʻi ma kahi o ʻApelila 5 ʻo Texas e 50 pakeneka ma o kā lākou mea kanu. Ua haʻi mai kekahi mea lawe moku Texas iaʻu ʻaʻole ʻo ia e lawe i ke kumu kūʻai hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ma hope o ʻApelila 5. E pili ana i ka Treasure Valley, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Steve, "Ma ka mōʻaukala i kēia manawa o ka makahiki ma waho o Idaho / Oregon hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i kekahi o nā hale liʻiliʻi e pau. Kūpaʻa mau ka mākeke a hiki ke neʻe i luna. Pono mākou e hōʻike i ke ahonui i nā pule ʻelua e hiki mai ana a holo i waho o kēia kaomi pōkole. " Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia he "kūikawā" ka maikaʻi o ka mea kanu, a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "He maikaʻi ke koena i ka waiho ʻana." Ke hoʻomau nei ka halihali ʻana i kahi paʻakikī i kēlā me kēia pule. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā uku ukana ma mua o kā mākou i ʻike ai no kēia manawa o ka makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dwayne Fisher me Champion Produce Sales ma Parma, ID, i ka lā Malaki 24, "Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole wau e kāhāhā i koʻu lohe ʻana i ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoikaika - hānai i kahi mākeke i hoʻolako nui ʻia no kekahi mau pule, akā. Eia au!" Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, “ʻO ka pule ia o lāua; ua hoʻouna mākou i kahi pūʻulu huahana i nā pule ʻelua i hala iho nei, a ʻoi aku ka lohi o nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia pule. Loaʻa i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ka waihona a kūʻai hou i ka wā e pono ai lākou i ka huahana; ʻaʻole e hoʻonui ka makemake o kahi kukui polū. Ma ka halihali ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo Dwayne, "He paʻa loa nā kaʻa a me ke kumukūʻai, a e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai ma mua, ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e loli ana ia." Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e ʻōlelo, "E hoʻopau ʻia nā aniani ʻo Mexico ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana. E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana mai o kahi mea ulu Mekiko naʻauao iaʻu, ma hope o ʻApelila 10, ua wela loa ia ma Tampico, a pono e hana ʻia ma mua o ia manawa. E hiki koke mai ana ka la 10 o Aperila. Ke hoʻomaka nei nā moku moku komohana ʻĀkau e pani i nā hale kūʻai, a ma ka lā 10 o ʻApelila e loli nui ka helu o nā mea lawe moku i waiho ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Ke hala nei mākou i nā pule ʻelua e hiki mai ana, a me he mea lā ua hele mākou i kahi hopena ikaika loa no kā mākou manawa. " No kēia pule, ʻōlelo ʻo Dwayne, "E hana mākou i nā lā hapa a hana i kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi maʻi anu a me ka ua, a no laila ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ke kanu ʻana, akā me he mea lā e hoʻi hou mākou i kēlā pule aʻe me ka ikaika piha. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻopau i ka pule mua a i ʻole ʻelua o ʻApelila, e pili ana i ka wānana. ʻO nā mea āpau, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua kūpono nā mea āpau i ka manawa."
Texas Hema:
ʻO David DeBerry me Southwest Onion Growers in Mission ke hoʻouna aku nei i waho o ke awāwa ʻo Rio Grande a haʻi mai iā mākou i ka lā Malaki 24 ʻo kāna hua RGV "e like me ka mea a mākou i manaʻo ai." Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, "ʻO nā wahi ma Texas i paʻakikī loa i ka paʻukū e holo ana ma kahi o 50 pakeneka o nā hua, akā ke manaʻo nei mākou e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a ma ka waena o ʻApelila ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻi i ka maʻamau." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e holo ana ʻo Southwest i nā kala ʻekolu.
Mekiko:
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Don Ed Holmes me The Onion House ma Weslaco, TX, i ka lā Malaki 24 ʻo ia ka "pololei ma waena" o ka hana ʻo Tampico, a ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Pono e hoʻomaha iki i ka pule aʻe ma mua o ka Easter. Akā aia mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao hope. He maikaʻi ka maikaʻi, a pono mākou e loaʻa nā aniani mai Mexico no nā pule ʻelua a ʻelua a me ka hapa.
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Texas Hema:
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Don Ed Holmes me The Onion House ma Weslaco i ka lā Malaki 24 e hoʻoinu ana ʻo ia i kekahi o kāna mau māla mua ma ke awāwa ʻo Rio Grande a manaʻo e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻouna ʻana iā ʻApelila 10. "A laila e holo mākou a hiki i Mei 15," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo David DeBerry me Southwest Onion Growers ma Mission, ʻo nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka hua ʻo Eagle Pass ʻo ia ka manawa o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka Mei 5-10.
Vidalia:
Ua haʻi mai ʻo Dan Borer me Keystone Fruit Marketing ma Walla Walla, WA, iā mākou i ka lā Malaki 24 e loaʻa ana kekahi mau mea ʻono Georgia e hoʻopili ana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Vidalia sweet onion i ka lā 19 ʻApelila. ma mua o ka manawa mana o Vidalia, akā ke nānā mau nei nā mea kanu i ka huaʻai ma laila, "wahi āna. "Pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo he ʻehā mau pule lākou mai ka hana ʻana i kā lākou mea kanu, a paʻakikī ke haʻi pololei i ka mea e hiki mai ana a hiki i ko mākou hoʻokokoke iki ʻana."
Idaho-E. Oregon:
Ua haʻi mai ʻo Chris Woo me Owyhee Produce ma Nyssa, OR, a me Parma, ID, iā mākou i ka lā 23 Malaki ma kahi o 50 pākēneka ka hua o kāna hui, me ke kanu ʻana ma nā māla a me nā māla. Ua kaupaona pū ʻo Blake Branen me Owyhee Produce, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo Owyhee e hoʻonui i kāna mau makana ʻo Wicked Sweet Red Tearless Onion me kahi mau ʻeka hou aʻe ma mua o ke kau i hala me ka manaʻolana e hāʻawi hou aku i nā mea kūʻai aku no kā mākou manawa 2021." Ua hoʻohui ʻo Blake, "Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi mai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, a hauʻoli lākou no ka hoʻonui ʻana. ʻO kahi ʻāpana ʻē aʻe a mākou i ʻike ai i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makemake ʻo kā mākou mau aniani organik. Hoʻolālā ʻo Owyhee e hāʻawi i nā kala ʻekolu i kāna lineup no 2021, me nā melemele, ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo a me nā melemele momona.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Herb Haun me Haun Packing ma Weiser, ID, i ka lā Malaki 24, ʻo kona hopena o ke awāwa waiwai ma kahi o 20 pākēneka i kanu ʻia, a hiki i ka waena o ʻApelila ke pau nā mea i ka lepo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua lawa ka wai, me ka ʻike ʻana ʻo Pepeluali ka lua o ka maikaʻi loa ma ka mōʻaukala no ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hau. "Akā, pono mākou," wahi āna. "Ke lohe nei au he nui ka hau i pulu i ka lepo ma mua o ka holo ʻana."