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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018 during a town hall at Reinford Farms in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania….

Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Insures All Farm Revenue Under Single Policy Farmers with highly diverse farms, who grow specialty commodities and sell to direct or specialty markets now have access to…

The Utah Onion Association Annual Winter Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. These are always interesting and informative meetings and most of the Utah growers are expected…

By Denise Keller, Editor   Farmers and others in agriculture have generally proven to be a resilient bunch. During the past year, resilience has been essential for onion growers, packers…

The new Miedema MB 111 box filler promises both efficiency and gentle product handling. The machine boasts a filling capacity of approximately 100 tons per hour. The MB 111 achieves…

Stokes Seeds has hired Tom Jacobs as sales representative for Michigan, northern Ohio and northern Indiana. He will supply vegetable seed recommendations to commercial producers throughout the region. Jacobs has been…

Jet Harvest Solutions has hired Matthew Ohl as the company’s Pacific Northwest sales representative. Ohl will be based in West Richland, Washington, and will primarily handle sales in Washington, Oregon and…

The onion industry has identified the most challenging insect pest and foliar disease facing organic onion production in the Great Lakes region. Now researchers are working to pinpoint the best…