South Texas Onion Committee
The STOC is made up of growers and handlers (aka packers) handling onions
in the 35 counties of South Texas that make up the governed area.
Did You Know the Onion is the official state vegetable of Texas?
That’s right. The Texas 1015 is super sweet and contains very little “pyruvate” (that’s the stuff that’ll make you cry when you cut an onion).
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. Volume only picks up from there and the growing region moves, carrying onion production from the Winter Garden & Uvalde areas, on to the far western reaches of the state, going through most of the summer.
Texas Onion Seasonality Chart
March thru June = Deep South Texas (Rio Grande Valley)
May thru July = South-central Texas (Uvalde/Winter Garden)
July thru September = West Texas (Odessa)
Packing Options
*Vary by shipper, but below is a list of the most common
Sacks – 10lbs, 25lbs, 50lbs
Cartons – 10lbs, 40lbs, 50lbs
Consumer Packs – 2lbs, 3lbs, 5lbs
Bins – Bulk, 28in, 36in
