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Texas ain’t just home to the sweet Texas 1015 onion. It’s also the place where the first fresh onions of the year are grown and packed. If weather favors the state, the growers in the Rio Grande Valley are able to start shipping retail quality and volume on onions by March.
Order #959 authorizes quality regulations, research and promotion programs, and markings, pack and container regulations for onions grown in South Texas.The STOC is made up of growers and shippers handling onions in the 35 counties of South Texas that make up the governed area.
Order #959 authorizes quality regulations, research and promotion programs, and markings, pack and container regulations for onions grown in South Texas.The STOC is made up of growers and shippers handling onions in the 35 counties of South Texas that make up the governed area.
The South Texas Onion Committee (STOC) was founded in 1961 as a result of Federal Marketing Order #959 South Texas Onions. Order #959 authorizes quality regulations, research and promotion programs, and markings, pack and container regulations for onions grown in South Texas.
The marketing order authorizes quality regulations, research and promotion programs, and markings, pack and container regulations for onions grown in South Texas. The order took effect on January 25, 1961 and was last amended under formal rulemaking on February 29, 2008.
13 mar 2023 · With 7,200 acres in the ground for the 2023 season, the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas has the potential for harvesting its largest onion crop in a decade. At least that’s the view of Dante Galeazzi, president of the Texas International Produce Association and manager of the South Texas Onion Committee.
5 sty 2021 · The marketing order authorizes the committee to establish grade, size, quality, container and pack requirements for onions grown in South Texas, and conduct research and promotion initiatives under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight.
