Why you should come to the National Onion Association Summer Convention in Boise, Idaho July 6-9.

Greg Yielding, NOA Executive Vice President joins the podcast again with updates on the convention.

What is the best scouting option for your farm? On this episode, Dave talks to Joe Bogle, Digital Ag Solutions Marketing Lead at Syngenta. Joe gives pros and cons of satellites vs. drones and tells us about new Cropwise.

Inspiration for this podcast is from this Syngenta Thrive article: https://www.syngenta-us.com/thrive/production/aerial-imagery.html

New varieties are available from Bayer Vegetable Seeds and Nunhems!

On this episode, Richard Navarrete from Bayer Vegetable Seeds tells us about Hatchet and Almanzoro.

Then, Sarah Beaver with BASF Nunhems talks about new Glorioso.

Is new onion disease coming to your fields?

It’s too soon to say, but Fusarium proliferatum has been found in Utah. Last seen in Idaho in 2014, it was only a one-year problem.

On this episode, Claudia Nischwitz with Utah State explains what she found and then onion grower Curtis Marble tells us he lost 40% of his yellow onion crop in 2021 due to the new disease.

We spoke with Victoria Marsh of Crop Vitality at the 2021 Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association conference.

We spoke with Greg Yielding at the Idaho-Malheur County Onion Growers Association Trade Show

This episode has two parts. First Dave speaks with Rick Waitly, the Executive Director of the Idaho Onion Growers Association. Then we speak with John Wong the Committee chairman of the Hall of Fame Award Committee of the Idaho and Malheur County Onion Growers’ Associations.