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By Pin-Chu Lai and Brian Nault, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Cornell AgriTech Do your onions suffer from onion thrips infestations and bacterial bulb rot? If you grow dry bulb…

By Michael Kooy, Emily McFaul, Kevin Vander Kooi and Mary Ruth McDonald, University of Guelph With dwindling efficacy of tools to manage Stemphylium leaf blight in onion, the search is…

What do recent discoveries regarding soil biology and soil organic matter mean for soil management? Something between “this changes everything” and “nothing new.” Science is slow. It will take some…

This material is provided courtesy of Lidia Komondy, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Entomology, Cornell University. Click or tap here to see the answers.

Photos courtesy Greg Bird, Michigan Onion Committee Wet spring weather delayed planting. Hot, dry weather made germination variable. But these setbacks didn’t keep a good crowd from showing up to…

By Brian Nault, Department of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University Christy Hoepting, CCE Cornell Vegetable Program There has been a great deal of interest across the U.S. about how best…

The 12-month profitability outlook from Northwest Farm Credit Services suggests profitable onion returns. According to the lender’s quarterly Market Snapshot report released in October, drivers in the industry include harvest delays,…

Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor Most of the cultivars in the Washington State University onion cultivar trial produced bulbs uniform in size and shape. 2022 was a tough…

By René Hardwick, National Onion Association Director of Public and Industry Relations Discussions around food safety will continue this year at the National Onion Association’s (NOA) annual December convention in…

Story and photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher Added value involves piling on extra features that go beyond the standard product offering. When you receive added value, you get that warm,…