At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a proposed rule intended to move more able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) off of Supplemental Nutrition…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2017 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues…
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Price stability rules the market, but demand is getting better, moving from “moderate” to “good” in the PNW over the last couple weeks. Onions shipping out of Michigan are up…
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Deere & Company is launching the Startup Collaborator program in its Intelligent Solutions Group to enhance and deepen its interaction with startup companies whose technology could add value for John…
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Prices this week are exactly the same as last week. Only yellow hybrids shipping out of the Columbia Basin showed any movement from two weeks ago, down $0.25. In New…
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Demand is moderate to good across all the shipping points this week, though prices remain virtually unchanged from a week ago. Only yellow jumbos in 50 lb. sacks from New…
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Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor The Columbia Basin onion industry may eventually be in search of a new go-to product for thrips control. Overuse of some of…
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Crookham Company Long-Day Onion Show Story and photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher Since 1911, Crookham Company has been producing commercial seeds. To put that into perspective, the fourth-generation, family-owned company…
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Hazera California Open Days Photos courtesy Limor Golan and Jose Arias, Hazera Hazera’s first vegetable field days in Woodland, California, gave the industry a glimpse of the company’s onion…
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In Idaho and Malhuer County, Oregon, medium yellow onions are on the upswing. Those same onions are also at the same price as one year ago, bucking the trend in…
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