By Mark Wocial, Certified Global Business Professional, Wocial & Associates LLC In 2016, global trade in fresh onions and shallots involved approximately 7.9 million metric tons (MT) and was…
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By Deborah Ruoho Beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as an extraordinary setting for the National Onion Association (NOA) 2017 Annual Convention. Santa Fe is rich in history, diverse…
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Help for Employers, Worker, Handlers and more. The 2015 revised Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is complex, so this guide breaks it up into bite-sized chunks and sorts information by…
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Brookside Agra is now offering dry and liquid humates. Humates are a naturally occurring material rich in humic and fulvic acids, amino acids and sugars. Humates are said to store…
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WSU Extension is offering free soil health testing to a limited number of growers in Eastern Washington. Growers can see how their soils measure up when compared to similar soils…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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