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Onion deliveries to be aided by new transfer site

By Associated Press
Published: December 26, 2017, 4:02pm

NYSSA, Ore. — A proposed truck-to-rail reloading facility — a project aimed at solving the onion industry’s transportation problems in Idaho and Oregon — is expected to be built within three years, officials said.

The Oregon Legislature’s $5.3 billion transportation package passed this year included $26 million for a reload facility, which is planned on a 400-acre location near the eastern Oregon town of Nyssa, the Capital Press reported.

Transportation has been a chronic problem for onion shipping companies the region, industry leaders said. Most of the onions grown in the region are sold to markets on the East Coast, but onion shippers are currently required to truck their produce west to the nearest reload facility in Wallula.

A reload facility allows shipping containers to be transferred between truck and rail. With a reload facility nearby, the cost of shipping goes down and the produce is delivered faster, said Grant Kitamura, general manager of Baker & Murakami Produce.

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