Category: Onions

INDUSTRY NEWS | Mar 06, 2024

UGA Extension agent Shane Curry new Vidalia director

Vidalia Onion Committee, Vidalia, VOC, University of Georgia Extension, UGA, Extension, pecans, blueberries,

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 29, 2024

Wildfires threaten Texas panhandle growers

Texas wildfires, disaster, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas Department of Agriculture, panhandle, onions, watermelons, pecans, peaches, apples,

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 07, 2024

Crookham promotes new onion varieties

Crookham Co. onions, onion breeding, Vidalia, sweet onions, long day onions, short day onions, onion varieites

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 01, 2024

Growers voting on continuing Georgia Vegetable Commission

Georgia Vegetable Commission marketing order, Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Vegetables, marketing order, research,

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 14, 2024

National Onion Association taps new president

National Onion Association Jared Gutierrez NOA leadership management

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 04, 2024

G&R Farms debuts updated website

G&R Farms, a third-generation family farm and grower of sweet onions, has released a newly updated website highlighting new improvements.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Dec 15, 2023

G&R promotes packing operations manager

G&R Farms sweet onions pecans Vidalia onions personnel

INDUSTRY NEWS | Dec 07, 2023

Sakata appointed Colorado ag water policy advisor

The Colorado Department of Agriculture has hired onion grower Robert Sakata to serve as the state’s first agricultural water policy advisor.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 21, 2023

Organic hybrid Sweet Garleek named a best invention of 2023

A year after organic seed developer Row 7 Seed Company began selling its innovative products through Whole Foods, the company is expanding its presence there, with plans to add more items in 2024.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 08, 2023

USDA declares Hurricane Idalia disaster area for Georgia growers

Hurricane Idalia disaster assistance declaration southeast Georgia peaches pecans bell peppers cucumbers squash blueberries

Vegetable Growers News | November 2023

Stop the Rot project

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 07, 2023

G&R Farms marks youth charitable program achievement

G&R Farms Growing America’s Farmers Future Farmers of America FFA scholarships Vidalia onions sweet onions charity program

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 03, 2023

Stokes Seeds hires three U.S. territory managers

Stokes Seeds, Holland, Michigan, has added three U.S. territory managers to its staff.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 02, 2023

Registration opens for SE Regional growers conference

Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Georgia Peach Council

INDUSTRY NEWS | Aug 28, 2023

PVGA contracts with management firm for executive leadership

Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association PVGA Wanner Associates Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program

INDUSTRY NEWS | Aug 21, 2023

Crookham onion variety fares well in challenging northwest season

Crookham onion Defender Crookham Co. varieties onion breeding

Vegetable Growers News | August 2023

High tunnels help Sugar Top Farm fight insects, heat

Sugar Top Farms employs high tunnels to battle insects and winds. The tunnels help the central Florida area farm grow leafy greens on the highest point on the Florida peninsula.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Aug 17, 2023

Crookham plans Onion Reveal 2023

Crookham Onion Reveal onion varieties onion breeding

INDUSTRY NEWS | Aug 07, 2023

As season ends, South Texas Onion Committee reports successful marketing year

TX1015 sweet onions South Texas Onion Committee STOC promotions

INDUSTRY NEWS | Aug 03, 2023

NOA convention to bring growers, researchers together

National Onion Association NOA convention National Allium Research Conference NARC