NOA Goes Social During Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic played havoc on a lot of onion farmers. When the National Onion Association (NOA) learned of the trouble many of their growers had with unloading onions previously…
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Vive Crop Protection Expands Staff
Vive Crop Protection has announced the addition of Aristobulo (Tobo) Loaiza as Head of Licensing & Partnerships. Loaiza will be responsible for developing key partnerships with other agrochemical and biological…
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Turbulent Markets Steady and Move Higher
Onion Shipping Point Prices For May 4, 2020 The Corona coaster peaks and valleys of the last month are flattening out. The PNW hasn’t changed at all in a week,…
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Onions Left Off $470M USDA Food Purchase
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on May 4 announced details of $470 million in Section 32 food purchases to occur in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, in…
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SaniDate 5.0 Proven Effective Against Human Coronavirus
BioSafe Systems has announced that SaniDate 5.0 is effective against Human Coronavirus on hard, non-porous surfaces. A GLP viricidal efficacy study was conducted using SaniDate 5.0 at a rate of…
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Malheur County Culls Have To Be Disposed by March 15
The Pacific Northwest Pest Alert Network is reminding onion producers that the Malheur County Onion Maggot Control order remains in effect until July 1. This order mandates the proper disposal or treatment of…
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Corona Coaster Makes for a Wild Ride
Onion Shipping Point Prices For April 20, 2020 The ups and downs of the COVID-19 roller coaster is still making its mark on onion prices and most likely will for…
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New Tong All-Electric E-TIP Box Tipper
Tong Engineering has announced the latest addition to its recent series of new product developments, with the launch of a new, all-electric box tipper; the E-TIP. The next generation E-TIP…
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Food Can be Diverted From Restaurants to Retail for 60 Days
USDA is exercising enforcement discretion for a temporary period to provide labeling flexibilities to the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements and allow the re-distribution of food products intended for foodservice to…
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Deere Making Face Shields for Health-care Workers
John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, announced today it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding…
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