START: Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, Idaho, 83702, MAP TO GROVE HOTEL
STOP 1: Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University, 595 Onion Ave, Ontario, OR 97914, MAP FROM GROVE TO MALHEUR EXPERIMENT STATION
See onions in trail plots grown by OSU. Meet onion seed reps from most of the seed companies
STOP 2: Owyhee Produce, 34325 Apple Valley Rd, Parma, ID 83660, MAP FROM MALHEUR TO OWYHEE
Take a tour of a modern packing shed, including the company’s storage ventilation equipment, with discussion from Industrial Ventilation Inc. They’ll be packing watermelons at Owyhee, so count on a sweet treat to tide you over before lunch.
STOP 3: Top Air, 101 N Roswell Blvd, Parma, ID 83660, MAP FROM OWYHEE TO TOP AIR
A tour of the Top Air facility and lunch will be served.
STOP 4: Nunhems USA Inc, 1200 Anderson Corner Rd, Parma, ID 83660, MAP FROM TOP AIR TO NUNHEMS
See the steps taken to process seed from the field to the package.
