Onions
Onion producer to pay $1.5M in back wages, damages
Vidalia, Georgia-based Bland Farms Production and Packing LLC will pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and liquidated damages after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the employer violated the Fair... more »
Michigan onion growers vote to continue development program
Michigan’s onion producers have unanimously approved a referendum to continue the Michigan Onion Promotion and Development Program. Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, announced the... more »
Michigan producers of onions to vote on program continuation
Michigan’s onion producers have an opportunity to vote on whether to continue the Michigan Onion Promotion and Development Program in a referendum conducted by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development beginning Monday, July... more »
Allium leafminer damage seen in Pennsylvania onions and garlic
Penn State University Extension has issued a spring update on the allium leafminer. The flight is over, but the war may have just begun! The larvae have taken hold and will remain steadfast as pupa... more »
Time to apply first GoalTender to seeded onions at one leaf stage
Dry bulb onions are growing rapidly with the warm weather. Most are now in the flag to one true leaf stage. Weeds have germinated and are developing beyond the cotyledon stage. It is time to... more »
Potandon Produce updates Vidalia Onion packaging
Potandon Produce recently updated its Green Giant Vidalia Onion carton for the 2017 shipping season. Last season, Potandon updated its consumer bag which, according to the company, had a visible impact on the retail shipping community, prompting... more »
Study suggests new approaches to onion disease
Bacterial leaf blight, caused by Pantoea agglomerans, has been a limiting factor for Michigan onion growers in recent years. The bacterium was isolated from onion plants in Ottawa County in 2011 and was the first... more »
AgriLife breeding program to develop improved cultivars
A vegetable breeding program at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde could bring improved onion, watermelon, tomato and black-eyed pea varieties to producers in south and central Texas. "The uniqueness of... more »
