Summary:
Around 6,000 quintals of summer onions were auctioned at Lasalgaon.On the contrary, new kharif onions fetched good rates as comparatively. It will take around a month for regular supply of new kharif onions, said sources from APMC.Presently, onions arriving in the market are of summer crop, harvested in March-April. The remaining were of summer crop, which is six months old. The minimum and maximum wholesale prices of new kharif crops were recorded at Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,800 per quintal, respectively. The APMC reopened after 10 days of Diwali vacation on Monday.Usually, the kharif onions start arriving in mid-October, but the crop was delayed by a month due to late and inadequate rain..