Onion Disease Quiz: September 2022
Many diseases can affect an onion crop. Correctly identifying the problem is crucial to choosing the proper solution. What is wrong with these onions? Photo A Photo B This material…
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New Food Safety Guidelines for the Onion Industry
Attendees at the National Onion Association (NOA) summer convention, held July 6-9 in Boise, Idaho, were handed a “nearly final” 40-page copy of “Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the…
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Test Drive
University of Idaho Researchers Helping Develop Solar-Powered Weeding Robot Researchers from the University of Idaho are partnering with a Washington company to develop a solar-powered robot that will rove autonomously…
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Stokes Seeds Adds Territory Manager
Ethan Stanley has joined Stokes Seeds as the territory manager for Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. As one of the company’s 25 territory managers, Stanley will be responsible…
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Sakata Seed America Plans to Relocate Headquarters
Sakata Seed America has initiated plans to relocate its headquarters, including all operations and personnel functions, to its 219-acre site in Woodland, California, by late 2024. The company has been…
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Onion Podcast 20: PNW Seminis Onion Experience +
Sponsored by: We took a road trip to Payette, Idaho, to attend the PNW Seminis Onion Experience +. The Onion Experience is not a typical field day. Many Seminis varieties…
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Sakata Seed America Appoints R&D Director
Sakata Seed America has appointed Bill McCarthy as director of research and development (R&D). McCarthy will be responsible for all of Sakata Seed America’s vegetable research and development activity at…
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Self-Pollinating Plant Shows Rapid Loss of Genetic Variation
Without bumble bees, a flowering plant that can self-pollinate lost substantial genetic variation within only nine generations, an experimental study found. A group of “selfing” monkeyflower plants lost 13% to…
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Tong Engineering Builds New Facility
Vegetable equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering has opened its new manufacturing facility in England after a three-year, two-phase construction project. The 90,000-square-foot factory includes new shot-blast, paint-spraying and powder-coating facilities, as…
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Nicholson Machinery Celebrates 50 Years
Farming equipment manufacturer Nicholson Machinery celebrated its 50th anniversary in June. The England-based company designs and manufactures harvesting and processing equipment. Founded in 1972 by David Nicholson, the company remains…
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