For months and months, the price of white onions at
my nearby Asian food store has been a stratospheric
$1.99/lb, but today I noticed it had finally dropped
to $0.99/lb. The last time this was discussed, it was
said a price drop was imminent when the California
crop kicked in, but that was something like two months
ago. I can live without white onions, but I wonder
what sustained the price for so long, and what
triggered the recent price drop? It must be tough
to be an onion farmer, with such widely varying prices.