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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Prices Still Steady, Could Jump Going Into 2023
Onion Market Update for Nov. 28, 2022 The market is generally unchanged and steady. Things were moving at a good pace leading up to the week of Thanksgiving, but the…
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Battle Against Blight: Stemphylium Leaf Blight in Ontario
By Michael Kooy, Emily McFaul, Kevin Vander Kooi and Mary Ruth McDonald, University of Guelph With dwindling efficacy of tools to manage Stemphylium leaf blight in onion, the search is…
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Steady As She Goes
Onion Shipping Point Prices for November 28, 2022 Onion shipping point prices remain very stable, with minor changes in the last two weeks. Demand is moderate in all areas except…
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