Articles by brian@columbiamediagroup.com

Drexel Chemical Company has promoted Zack Wilbanks to an inside sales position. He will be the contact point for Drexel’s outside sales team’s product-related questions including availability, pricing and order…

Disinfecting Services LLC has hired Garrett Pace as the company’s new vice president of operations. Pace grew up in Utah and has been living in Rexburg, Idaho, for the past…

By René Hardwick, National Onion Association Director of Public and Industry Relations The National Onion Association (NOA) is not only made up of members, but history. After three long years,…

The latest version of the Eqraft Rollstockbagger BSM 3 is now available. The machine is a fast, reliable and cost-efficient solution for packing large onion volumes, according to the company….

By Mark Wocial, Certified Global Business Professional, Wocial & Associates LLC The U.S. Census Bureau International Trade Statistics distinguish between not-certified organic and certified organic onion sets for export purposes….

By Chris Cramer and Ivette Guzmán, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University Iris yellow spot (IYS), caused by the Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), appears as…

Blaine Bishop recently joined Vive Crop Protection as Midwest regional sales manager. Bishop will be supporting distributors, retailers and growers from Wisconsin to Kentucky to drive the awareness and adoption…

Leave the fireworks to the professionals Independence Day is right around the corner, just as a dangerous heat wave has moved through the West. With a heightened fire risk in…

Stop the Rot: A National Collaboration to Research, Combat Bacterial Diseases of Onion By Heather MacKay and Lindsey du Toit, Washington State University Onions grow in trial plots at Washington…

Tong Engineering has invested in new powder-coating and shot-blasting systems at its new manufacturing plant in Spilsby, England. The new shot-blasting unit uses a powerful technique to clean the surface…