My State Of The Onions Speech
My fellow Americans. You're probably wondering why I asked you to be here today for my State Of The Onions Address.
Well, as most of you do NOT know, the state that grows the MOST onions is Washington. Here are the top onion producing states in the order of their, uh, production...or acreage...or whatever...
U.S. Onion Acreage Estimates
| |
|---|---|
State
|
Acres
|
Washington
|
23,900
|
Idaho-Eastern Oregon
|
22,800
|
California
|
16,150
|
Texas
|
13,500
|
Georgia
|
11,600
|
New York
|
9,050
|
West/Central Oregon
|
8,950
|
New Mexico
|
7,300
|
Nevada
|
4,400
|
Colorado
|
4,102
|
Michigan
|
2,350
|
Wisconsin
|
1,620
|
Utah
|
1,610
|
N. Dakota/Minnesota/Ohio
|
1,082
|
Other (FL, IA, IL, IN, MA, NC, NE, NJ, PA, SC, etc.)
|
935
|
Arizona
|
800
|
As for me and my household, we LOVE onions! Especially when they are sauteed in butter! They have appeal to millions of Americans! (Get it? A PEEL)
On the other hand, millions of OTHER Americans despise onions with a deep, abiding hatred that knows no bounds!
Okay, okay, but it's nothing to cry about! (Get it? Nothing to...nevermind)
Actually, onions are cherished throughout the entire world! Just look at the next boring statistics...
World's top 8 onion producing countries
- China. Production: 22,300,000 tons.
- India. Production: 19,299,000 tons. ...
- The United States of America. Production: 3,159,400 tons. ...
- Iran. Production: 2,381,551 tons. ...
- Russia. Production: 1,984,937 tons. ...
- Turkey. Production: 1,904,846 tons. ...
- Egypt. Production: 1,903,000 tons. ...
- Pakistan. Production: 1,660,800 tons.
As true, patriotic Americans, how can we stand by and let China and India be ahead of us in onion growing? Land sakes! India is beating us by 16 million tons and China is kicking our butts by 19 million tons!! It's a cryin' shame!! (See, I did it again)
Although Washington is our official state of the onions, we ALL need to be states of the onions and peel through the layers of bureaucracy that prevent our agricultural communities from producing more sweet Vadalia, white, red, shallots, green onions and leeks!
Leeks are not as commonly known to Americans, but I don't know how many times I've gone to the grocery store and taken a leek!
In conclusion, the state of the onions is strong, but we can work hard, as patriotic American citizens, to increase onion production even more in Washington, more in Idaho/Oregon, California and Texas, more than in India and China, and spread onions throughout the entire universe!!!
