PNW Whites Bump Up
Onion Shipping Point Prices for Jan. 21, 2025 White onion prices rose by an average of $3.75 in the Columbia Basin, Washington & Umatilla Basin, Oregon shipping area and $4…
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Yellow Onion Market Holding On By a Thread
Onion Market Update 1/21/2025 By John Harris Happy 2025. I haven’t posted an update since before the holidays, and this is overdue, considering we are already in the back half…
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Dutch Company Debuts Vertical Packaging Machine
JASA, a packaging company headquartered in The Netherlands, has introduced a new vertical packaging system. The NXXT platform is designed for modularity and ease of use. With 52 interchangeable modules,…
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New Guidebooks Detail Onion Diseases
Vegetables by Bayer has updated disease guides available for several vegetable crops including onions. This free resource is meant to assist growers with disease identification and management by providing descriptions and pictures of…
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Farmer Sentiment Drifts Lower While Producers Remain Optimistic About the Future
Farmer sentiment drifted lower in December as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped 9 points to a reading of 136. The decline was driven by producers’ weaker perspective…
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USDA Seeks Nominees for the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Marketing Committee to fill two producer member seats, three alternate producer member seats, one handler…
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Run it Back
Onion Shipping Point Prices for Jan. 6, 2025 If your NFL team narrowly missed the playoffs this year, you might be thinking they should keep personnel essentially the same, and…
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Apply by Jan. 10: Payment Limitations Increased to $900,000 for Specialty Crop Growers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that specialty crop producers have an additional two days to apply for assistance to help offset higher marketing and production costs. Most notably,…
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The NOA Loses Longtime Member
We are sad to report that longtime NOA member Marco Boot passed away over the Christmas holiday. His Lifetime Achievement Award, which his son Patrick Boot accepted on his behalf…
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A Work in Progress: Del Christensen & Sons
Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor After nearly a decade working on the farm where his family has grown onions for a quarter century, fourth-generation farmer Damon Christensen is…
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