Panic Buying Slows, Prices Tumble

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Onion Shipping Point Prices For April 6, 2020

Michigan and Central Wisconsin have dropped off the shipping report, leaving only four areas. Vidalia will start shipping April 16.

The surge in prices two weeks ago due to panic buying is pretty much over. Plus, there is virtually no food service market and prices have dropped sharply.

Jumbo white onions from Mexico crossings through South Texas are down $10 in a week, $18 from March 23 and a sickening $36 from last year. However brief it was, the Coronavirus-fueled price swell was exiting while it happened.

Onion Shipping Point price chart for April 6, 2020