Utah onion production for this year is forecast at 74.8 million pounds - up 9 percent over last year, according to the Utah Agricultural Statistics Service.
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Yield per acre, at 44,000 pounds, is up sharply from last year's yield of 38,000 pounds per acre. Growers are expected to harvest only 1,700 acres this year - 100 acres less than last year.Nationally, summer storage onion production, at 2,500 million pounds, is slightly above last year's level.