date:Jan 17, 2019
Some producers have observed that the price for white onions in the United States tends to fluctuate more strongly than for red or yellow onions. During times of market volatility, prices rise much higher and fall much lower for white onions.
Shay Myers of Owyhee Produce, offered an explanation as to why this is the case. He says the primary reason is that white onions make up only a small fraction of total onion production in the United States. People often ask me why the price of white onions