Onion Shipping Point Prices for December 4, 2018
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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Lender Issues Profitability Forecast
Northwest Farm Credit Services’ 12-month outlook calls for breakeven returns for Northwest onion producers. Favorable weather conditions allowed harvest to begin at least one week earlier than normal in many…
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Seminis Hosts Innovative Experience with Felda Idea Exchange
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. (Seminis), known for its innovation in the seed industry, invites growers to a new experiential event with its Felda Idea Exchange (iX) on Tuesday, December 4,…
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June 27 Named National Onion Day
The National Day Calendar has designated June 27 as National Onion Day. The National Onion Association (NOA) successfully applied for the designation to memorialize the NOA’s formation on June 27,…
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Onion Shipping Point Prices for November 19, 2018
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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The Onion Podcast: Episode 4: Stuart Reitz Discusses Malheur
Stuart Reitz Talks About Becoming the New Director of the Malheur Experiment Station Download here Sponsored by Episode 3: George Crookham Full Episode List
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Thrips: Losing Control
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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Long History, New Long-Days
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 Highlights New Hybrids
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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Seedway Acquires Champion Seed Assets
Seedway has acquired the vegetable seed business assets of Champion Seed Company. Champion will operate and market vegetable seed products under the Seedway brand. Headquartered in Hall, New York, Seedway…
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