Most Onion Shipping Point Prices Remain Stable
Onion Shipping Point Prices for December 27, 2022 Onion prices remain steady and haven’t changed at all in the last week. Since our Dec. 12 report, Michigan yellows have dropped…
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2023 Ag Day Essay Contest Announced
In preparation for National Ag Day 2023 on March 21, the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) is hosting an essay contest. The theme for this year is Growing a Climate for…
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Purdue Offering New Fully Online Master of Science in International Agribusiness
Purdue University is offering a new fully online Professional Master of Science in International Agribusiness aimed at agribusiness professionals worldwide. Applications are being taken now, and the program launches in January 2023. The…
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WSU 2022 Cultivar Demonstration Results
The 2022 Washington State University (WSU) Columbia Basin onion cultivar demonstration included 53 cultivars and lines from 7 different seed companies. It was planted in late-March in a center pivot…
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Texas Onion Growers Renew Marketing Order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that producers of south Texas onions voted to continue their marketing order program. In a referendum held between Sep. 1 and Oct. 3,…
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Cause for Concern?
Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor Extreme weather is creating more challenges in the field. Waning product efficacy is making disease management more difficult. With all this and other…
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Final Update for 2022: Expect Markets to Remain Steady For At Least The Next 3 Weeks
Onion Market Update for December 14, 2022 By John Harris As things go this time of year, markets are generally pretty darn steady. I am one week removed from another…
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Onion Prices Unchanged
Onion Shipping Point Prices for December 12, 2022 Onion prices in all shipping areas did not change at all since our November 28 report. In fact, prices have been very…
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Maximize and Minimize; Two Principles for Managing Soil Health
By Andrew McGuire Soil health management can be distilled to two principles: Maximize photosynthesisMinimize tillage These are principles; they do not tell you what practices you should use, but rather…
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Do Thrips Facilitate Bulb Rot Disease?
By Pin-Chu Lai and Brian Nault, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Cornell AgriTech Do your onions suffer from onion thrips infestations and bacterial bulb rot? If you grow dry bulb…
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