The end-of-season spring onion
production estimate, at 10.6 million cwt, is down 12 percent from
last year. Acres harvested, at 34,100, are down 4 percent from a year
ago, while yield, at 310 cwt per acre, is down 27 cwt per acre from
2004. The value of the spring crop is estimated at 252 million dollars,
6 percent above last year.
