In anticipation of the sowing campaign, an increase in seed onion supply is usually observed. This year, demand for it remains very high, even despite the considerable price, experts from the Info-Shuvar center share their observations.

In January and February of this year alone, about 370 tons of onion sets were sold through automobile sales in one of the largest wholesale markets in Western Ukraine, ORSP “Shuvar”. This exceeds last year's figure by 40%. At the same time, the price of seed onions during this time increased by 2.5-3 times.

The situation with increased sales of onion sets is quite predictable. This usually happens after a season of high prices for last year's onion crop. The peak of onion seed sales will be in March, and in April it will already be possible to calculate their volumes, says Ivan Fedishin, head of the Vegetables and Fruits department at ORS “Shuvar”.

Sellers of the Shuvar ORSP market associate great popularity of onions in the western region with changes in the country's climatic conditions. Previously, onions in the western regions were not grown not only in industrial, but also in private farms. Now, more and more farmers are planning to take the land for onions. This trend is also observed in household plots of the population.