Idaho onions

I checked in with marketing director Sherise Jones yesterday at the Idaho-eastern Oregon Onion Committee. Some of the shippers in the region will be wrapping up by the middle of March. The USDA notes f.o.b. prices for jumbo yellow onions at $17-18 for 50-pound sacks, up from just $5.50-6 the same time last year.
Always enthusiastic, Sherise said the committee plans to celebrate the group's 50 year anniversary in style this year. Details are "off the record," but watch out for a Disco ball at the PMA show this fall.
A surprising note: Another onion group - Jones didn't say who - has challenged the committee's use of the phrase "Sweet with heat" based on prior use. Though the phrases weren't exactly the same, the Idaho-eastern Oregon Onion Committee won't be using that tag line anymore, she said.