NOA in Santa Fe
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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Ag Worker Protection Standard Guide – Does it apply to you?
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 Adds Humates to Product Line
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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Free Soil Health Testing
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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Perdue Announces USDA’s Farm Bill and Legislative Principles for 2018
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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Federal Crop Insurance Helps Diverse and Specialty Farms
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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Utah Onion Association Sets Meeting for February 13
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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Under Construction: Treasure Valley Onion Industry Continues to Rebuild One Year After Snowpocalypse 2017
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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Box Filler Fills Need for Efficiency
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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Stokes Seeds Names New Sales Rep
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…
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