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Table of Contents
November 2008
6 L&L Ag Production LLC
Business Integrity Is a Way of Life for the
Bauman Family
9 Oregon’s Corn Family
Onion Growers with an Appreciation for
the Contributions of the Past
14 Clinton Wissel...
Idaho Group Has a New President
18 2008 Field Days
Nunhems, OSU, Seminis, and WSU
22 Higher Canadian Dollar Continues to Hurt
Canadian Onion Exports
24 2008 Onion Buyer’s Guide
Harvesting scene at L&L Ag Production, LLC, near Pasco, Wash.
On the Cover
Larry Bauman, Dan Commins and Kerrick Bauman of L&L Ag Production, LLC, in one of
their onion fields near Connell, Wash.
Onion World
Volume 24, Number 7
Departments
11 Calendar of Events
12 Chemical Update
17 Trade Talk
16 Disease Identification
23 People in the News
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L&L Ag Production, LLC
Business Integrity Is
a Way of Life for the
Bauman Family
Keeping their word has always
meant a lot to Larry and
Kerrick Bauman of L&L Ag
Production, LLC, Connell, Wash., who
grow, pack and ship high quality onions
for the fresh-cut and processing industry.
A father-and-son operation, the Baumans
have farming operations in both
the Connell and Pasco areas of Washington
and import onions from California
during the offseason. Larry is the father;
Kerrick is the son.
Beginning in 2003, the Baumans saw
the need to sell onions all 12 months so
they started a sales company, Onions Direct
L.L.C. and brought Dan Commins in
Larry Bauman, Dan Commins and Kerrick Bauman
Onion World
as sales manager. Dan sold for DeBruyn
Produce in Zeeland, Mich. He moved to
the Kennewick area, where his office is
now located.
The Baumans and Commins share
common values associated with their
Baptist and Christian faith. One is their
commitment to absolute honesty and
integrity.
Character Has Its Rewards
Two years ago, when the onion markets
went through the roof, the Baumans
made no attempts to wiggle out of their
contracts with established customers.
There were no excuses of a shortfall
from a poor crop year. They sold their
onions for the agreed upon price, painfully
lower than market offerings at the
time.
But character also has its rewards,
especially during a down year, such as
the 2007-08 market. The markets were
soft, exceptionally soft, yet their customers
remained loyal and paid them at the
agreed-upon contract price.
“One of the trademarks of Onions
Direct is that we keep our word and keep
it simple,” Larry declares. “If the price is
high and you have them contracted, you
are going to receive them for the contracted
price. We’ve made it a practice

not to get caught up in making excuses.
The people that we do business with
know that we keep our word.”
“Our company is very much customer-driven,”
adds Kerrick. “That’s one
thing about Onions Direct—keeping our
customers updated by providing them
with a good picture of the quality of the
crop and how it is progressing. That’s
virtually true on a load-by-load basis.”
Dan points out the significance of the
company’s reputation in helping perpetuate
sales through Onions Direct.
“One of the keys is that our customers
recognize how ‘hands on’ we are,” he
explains. “For example, one of our larger
customers has no problem giving Larry
a phone call and asking him what he’s
seeing. There’s a tremendous relationship
established here. The customer feels
he can get an honest assessment without
overstepping his bounds.”
The Earlier Years
The history leading up to Onions Direct
and L&L Ag Production, LLC, dates
back to 1988, when Larry and Kerrick
grew their first five acres of onions. The
Bauman family moved to the Connell
area in 1978 from Nyssa, Ore., where
Larry spent his earlier career in the farm
machinery business and his wife, Lorraine,
taught school.
“Down deep, I always had a desire to
farm,” he recalls, remembering the days
of selling Allis Chalmers tractors and
other equipment. “When we first arrived
in Washington, Kerrick was beginning
his senior year at Connell High School.
He graduated in 1979 and later graduated
from college with a degree in business
administration.”
Before entering into farming, Larry
worked on a farm for a couple of years
while Lorraine began teaching.
“We started out very, very small and
rented all of our ground,” the grower
recalls.
After Kerrick finished college, he
came back as a partner with Larry and
Lorraine in L&L Farms. From the start
they planned on growing onions. After
struggling to make things go, including
being taken to the shed a few times, they
decided they needed a more direct connection
with their customers. Also need-
Undercutting the crop.
ed was more control over the marketing
end of our business, Larry explains.
Hence, eight years later, in 1996, the
Baumans built their first onion storages
near Othello. These were bulk storages,
state-of-the art, with slotted cement
floors for improved air circulation. They
also began their own packing shed operation,
Target Ag Production, located at
the Othello Port District at Bruce. A key
employee was Wally Frank, who proved
influential in helping the new business
get started and became the manager.
Wally retired in July 2008 and was replaced
by Troy Eggers.
All of the company’s onions grown
in Eastern Washington are packed and
shipped through Target Ag Production.
As the new venture progressed, it
soon became apparent that the growers
needed to lengthen their season. The
marketplace was now demanding onions
12 months out of the year. To make that
happen, earlier onions were needed. The
decision was made to add production in
the Pasco area, where the temperatures
are warmer and an early crop can be
grown.
Before long, Larry and Kerrick established
leasing agreements with several
well-established potato growers in the
Pasco area, including Randy Mullin and
Bob Ransom. The onions were grown in
rotation with potatoes. These production
relationships continue to this day.
Wally Frank helped them acquire refrigerated
truck contracts for transporting
the crop to their customers. This system
has helped ensure the quality and safety
of the onions shipped.
Later, arrangements also were made
to ship onions from California during the
off-season, June through the first part of
August. Most of these onions are grown
in the El Centro and Huron areas.
Grown Under Drip Irrigation
Beginning in 1999, the Baumans put
in their first drip irrigation system and
now grow the majority of their crop under
drip. Most of their onions, in Washington
and California, are grown under
drip. This enables them to maximize
yields and deliver a more uniform crop.
“Every day, there is something new
thrown at you,” Kerrick smiles, referring
to food security, transportation, production
and other issues that perpetually
crop up. “There is always something.
Our farm and Target Ag Production are
both third-party audited, having received
superior rating from the start. On the
food safety side of things we’ve done
very well. Our customers, however, are
also facing growing demands from their
customers, the McDonald’s, Burger
Kings and others. While we have not experienced
anything of significant concern
yet, all of us are being checked out more
closely than ever.”
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Bauman, from page 7
Summer onions from California also go
through the same rigors. Dan points out that
none of Onions Direct’s California onions
are purchased through brokers. All come
from third-party-audited farms growing
the crop under contract with Onions Direct
LLC.
The Baumans occasionally will ship
some of their crop to overseas customers
in Japan and other Far East countries. The
sizing requirements are different. The freshcut
and processing industry remains their
prime market. Onion rings, for example,
require jumbo- or colossal-sized, singlecentered
onion while most Oriental customers
prefer a smaller-sized bulb.
‘Quality Is Everything’
“In the fresh-cut onion market, quality
is everything,” Larry stresses. “When we
look at a variety, the No. 1 consideration
is single-centeredness and how long it will
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The Baumans plant a number of different
varieties, the bulk being from Nunhems,
but also from Bejo, Seminis and other
sources. Most are full Spanish-type onions.
While the bulk of their crop are yellow
varieties, such as Vaquero, more red onions
are being grown today than in the past. This
is because of the increasing demand in the
foodservice industry for “red” types that
add color to various menus. White varieties,
which are more difficult to
grow on their soil types, are left
for others.
“Years ago, we made the decision
that we couldn’t be all things
to all people,” Kerrick acknowledges.
“To do so would make it
more difficult to compete with
the larger farms. We focus on
our niche and feel we are doing
a good job meeting the needs of
our customers.”
Both Larry and Kerrick are active in
commodity organizations. Larry is presently
a director of the National Onion Association
and attends virtually all of its meetings;
Kerrick is a past president of the Northwest
Vegetable Association, the focal organization
for onion growers in Washington State.
Kerrick acknowledges how critical each
aspect of their business is, from irrigation
management, to storage, packing and
marketing. He enjoys working alongside
a committed group of employees who do
their jobs well.
Wayne Mininger, Kerrick and Larry Bauman and Kevin
Kudsk of L&L Ag Production LLC.
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Oregon’s Corn Family
Onion Growers with an Appreciation
for the Contributions of the Past
A
great deal of gratitude is owed
to the early Idaho and Malheur
County, Oregon pioneers who
helped put together the marketing order
and lay the foundation for the Treasure
Valley onion industry as it is today.
Dick, Bruce and Dan Corn couldn’t
be more appreciative for the marketing
system put in place, the varieties developed
and all of the effort made in the past
Dan, left, and Bruce Corn, Nyssa, Ore.
to bless their lives as well as many of their
neighboring growers. They remember the
contributions of Joe Saito, Tom Uriu, Lynn
Josephson, Jim Williams and other early
pioneers honored each year in the Hall of
Fame. In fact, they are irked sometimes
when newcomers come on the scene and
suggest that the marketing order and other
ground work put in place years ago be
dropped and that other changes be made
without understanding why things were done
the way they were.
Remembering Back
Five generations of the Corn family have
farmed in the Treasure Valley area. The first,
William F. Corn, arrived in the 1880s and
began farming in the Middleton-Boise area
sometime between 1920 and 1930. Eventually,
he settled in the Nyssa-Ontario area,
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Onion World • November 2008

where his son, Fay, eventually followed in his
footsteps. Today, there are three generations
of the family that continue to farm: Dick
Corn, Fay’s son; Bruce Corn, Dick’s son; and
Dan Corn, Bruce’s son. All three farm independently
and grow onions and other crops.
Dick and Dan both have approximate 650
acres under production, while Bruce farms
approximately 700 acres.
The Corns grow multiple crops, but
despite the ups and downs of the onion industry,
recognize that over the long haul, onions
have been good to them. Bruce had 80 acres
of onions this year, Dan, 70, and Dick, 60
acres.
Most of the ups and downs in the marketplace,
at least for the Treasure Valley, are not
due to more acres being planted each year,
Bruce insists. The real problem is widespread
yield variability.
“Over the past five years in Malheur
County, I doubt that the number of acres
has varied more than 1,000 to 2,000 acres,”
Bruce notes. “But the yields have swung
from as low as 400 cwt per acre up to 900
and even 1,000 cwt. So, you can see what
that does to a market. The Columbia Basin is
in a similar situation. Production there is very
similar to the Treasure Valley, and between
the two areas, we largely determine the outcome
of the winter storage market.
Mother Nature Rules
“How can you plan for swings like that?”
he asks. “You work just as hard each year.
The 2006 crop was very poor in terms of
yield, but for those with open onions brought
record prices. On the other hand, the 2007
crop produced unheard of yields and ended
up an absolute disaster. When it comes down
to it, there isn’t much you can do to control
Mother Nature.”
Based on their experience with the
2007 onion crop, when the bottom literally
dropped out of the market, all three cut their
onion acreage slightly and this year grew
more corn and wheat.
Dating back to the family’s first involvement
in agriculture, sugar beets have also
been a family tradition. Unfortunately, the
margins on sugar beets today are also very
thin. Over the past couple of years, at least,
the returns on corn and wheat have proven
more rewarding.
“We’re still hanging in there with our
beets, and I mean literally hanging on with
10 Onion World
our finger nails,” Bruce grimaces. “Beet
returns have not been good. While all of
our input costs—fuel, fertilizer, equipment,
etc.—are going through the roof, we have a
‘sharing’ type contract, and the price of sugar
has not gone up that much.”
First Crop of Onions
Bruce grew his first crop of onions in
1977 and was the first in the family to do so.
“Paul Skeen, a good friend and long-time
onion grower, helped me get started with a
few acres,” Bruce remembers. “Dad (Dick
Corn) grew his first onions in the early 1980s
and Dan in 2005 on ground he had rented
from a neighbor. Three years later, he ended
up purchasing the place.”
Dan is especially grateful to Dirk DeBoer,
a well-know farmer in the area, who, in
addition to being a good friend, helped him
through the learning curve and also introduced
him to growing shallots. Technically,
DeBoer is retired from full-time farming but
continues to be very active in other ventures,
including advising with Dan on the shallots.
He also has introduced him to the benefits of
using drip irrigation. All 45 acres of the shallots
are under drip.
“Shallots are touchier to grow than
onions,” Dan admits. “Disease resistance
isn’t as good and there is very little room for
mistakes. Learning how to grow a quality
crop has been “pretty steep.”
“This is my second year of working with
Dirk on shallots. Both years, we’ve made
a few changes in our production practices,
attempting to be more productive. This year
we went to using intense beds with drip irrigation.
Next year, more changes are in the
works.”
The shallots are contracted with DeBoer
Farms, Dirk’s business. Dan handles the
production side, while Dirk markets the crop.
Most of the shallots are shipped to California
and then on to other markets.
Interesting Year
On the onion side of the business, it has
been an interesting year, according to Bruce
and Dan. After a delayed start in the spring,
the summer season went well.
“Overall, the year was good,” Dan says.
“Our hybrids are average or a little bit above.
Maturity has been a big problem. A late September
rain storm came through two weeks
after the crop was lifted and nearly ready for
storage. Days later, more rain fell, slowing
down the harvest and leaving us biting our
finger nails.”
In early October, the Corns were racing
against the clock, worrying over whether they
could finish the harvest before the first deep
frost hit. Also in the back of their minds was
concern over adequate curing time, important
in avoiding Botrytis neck rot in storage.
The Top Air Topper Loader used to harvest
the crop seems to help with the drying
down process, Bruce says. Since moving
in that direction, storability of the crop has
improved. There appears to be less damage
to the onions and, hence, reduced opportunity
for pathogens to penetrate the bulbs.
“Our onions have good skins,” Bruce
says. “We have more mediums than normal.
There is not much oversize. Most of our crop
are jumbos, 3 ½ inches in size.”
With this year’s acreage down and the
growing season slightly shorter than normal,
the family is hopeful of a more profitable
year. Most of their onions are contracted to
various packing sheds. The Corns do business
with a handful or so of different facilities,
depending upon needs at the time.
Cautiously Optimistic
“There were a few here that were fortunate
and did really well in 2006, when open
market onions were in short supply,” Dan
says. “However, Dad and I both feel that
2008 is shaping up to be more like 2005,
when there was an average crop. We had a
decent, but not fantastic, market that year,
and we would like to see something similar
happen again this year.”
On the production side of their business,
the Corns have concerns about Iris Yellow
Spot Virus and the damage it can cause, but
did not experience any significant damage to
their onions this year.
“We were fortunate to have excellent
thrips control,” says Bruce, “but you can
never be sure that by following the same
cultural practices next year you will see the
same outcome. There are new chemicals
coming out that may help, but all of us have
to be constantly vigilant. Once you feel you
have things figured out, just wait until next
year. Something new will come back to bite
you.”
The number one weed problem is yellow
nutsedge, which is rearing its ugly presence
almost everywhere.

“Whether dealing with weeds or disease
control, maintaining healthy plants
is extremely important,” Dan emphasizes.
“Adequate rotation and drip irrigation
seem to help. Generally speaking, we are
using a 7-8-year rotational plan for our
onions, and that is working well. Drip
irrigation also is helping us grow more
uniform onions even on ground that is
traditionally difficult to rill irrigate.”
The Corns are highly complementary
of both the Idaho and Oregon’s Extension
programs and the knowledgeable
researchers who help them work through
disease, weed and other production challenges.
“Lynn Jensen, Mike Thornton and Joe
Felix are just a few of those whose services
are invaluable to the Treasure Valley
onion industry,” Bruce points out. “We
hold them all in tremendous respect.”
Both Bruce and Dan take an active part
in the local community. Bruce serves on
the Owyhee Irrigation District and Nyssa
Co-op boards while Dan serves on the
Malheur County Onion Growers Association
Board.
Calendar of Events
Nov. 19-20
Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association
Annual Conference and Trade
Show, Three Rivers Convention Center,
Kennewick, Wash. Contact: Sheri Nolan,
PNVA office, (509) 585-5460 or snolan@
agmgt.com.
Dec. 3-6
National Onion Association Annual
Convention, Marco Island, Fla. Contact:
NOA, (970) 353-5895 or www.onionsusa.
org.
Dec. 9-11
Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and
Farm Market Expo, DeVos Place
Convention Center, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Contact: www.glexpo.com.
Dec. 11-13
National Alliums Research Conference,
Savannah, Ga. Contact: George
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. Bin Fillers . Waste Removal . Conveying and Inspection
Boyhan, University of Georgia-Athens,
(912) 681-5639, gboyhan@uga.edu.
2009
Feb. 4-6
Fruit Logistica 2009, International
Trade Fair for Fruit and Vegeetable
Marketing, Berlin, Germany. Contact:
www.fruitlogistica.com
Feb. 10-12
2009 Empire State Fruit and Vegetable
Expo and Becker Forum, Holiday
Inn Liverpool and Oncenter Convention
Center, Syracuse, N.Y. Contact: Jeff
and Lindy Kubecka, New York State
Vegetable Growers Association, (315)
687-5734 or nysvga@twcny.rr.com.
Editor’s Note. To have your event listed,
please send your information to: Editor, Onion
World, 413-B North 20 th Avenue, Yakima, WA
98902; e-mail: dbrent@columbiapublications.
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Chemical Update
Carzol Approved
on an Emergency
Basis for Canadian
Onion Producers
By Myron Love
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• Targeted for processing industry
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at
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EDDIE VERNOR
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This past summer, Canada’s Pest
Management Regulatory Agency
(PMRA) approved the emergency use of
Carzol SP Miticide-Insecticide for control
of onion thrips on dry bulb onions
in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba and
Alberta even though the pesticide hasn’t
yet received regulatory approval in
Canada or the United States as yet.
Nunhems’ GRANERO
• Exellent skin color & retention
• Excellent long-term storage
• Pink root resistant
• Targeted for consumer pack
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The product had been approved in
Canada for control of mites and leafhoppers
on apples, pears, peaches and
nectarines
Onion thrips are a major pest of
onions around the world. In Canada,
notes Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food IPM Specialist Jim Chaput,
it is considered the number one pest of
onions in most provinces.
In the U.S., he points out, onion
thrips were ranked as the number one
pest requiring urgent attention due to
lack of effective solutions at the 2005
U.S. IR-4 Food Use workshop. Rapid
resistance development to all available,
registered materials has become widespread
in North America and around the
world.
SP Miticide-Insecticide was identified
as a viable solution to help manage
onion thrips. There have been no new
products registered in Canada for onion
thrips management in several years and
control failures continue to increase.
The emergency use registration of
Carzol SP, he says, will hopefully help
in the interim to manage resistant thrips
populations. “We are not clear how effective
it was over the summer because
we don’t have enough data yet,” he
adds. “Dry bulb onion producers in
Ontario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and
Alberta were allowed to use Carzol until
October 31.”
Her points out that CARZOL SP
Miticide-Insecticide should be used in
an IPM program and in rotation with
other management strategies to adequately
manage resistance.
“Carzol may be allowed on an
emergency usage basis next season,
also,” he says. “Application has been
made for full regulatory approval, but
that will take a year or two.”
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Clinton Wissel…
Idaho Group
Has a New
President
Earlier this year, Clinton Wissel,
Nampa, Idaho, took over
as president of the Idaho
Onion Association, replacing Ron Mio,
who stepped down after many years in
that position.
Wissel owns a 360-acre farm and
farms half of that. The other half is
rented or swapped with his brother, Matt
Wissel. Matt grows corn and beans that
work well in rotation with Clinton’s
onions and mint crops.
“I had approximate 70 acres of onions
this year, most of those yellow varieties,”
Clinton recalls. “We also grew a
few acres of reds.”
Vaquero and Granero are the two
major yellow varieties grown today, he
says.. Around 30 percent of the crop
is contracted in advance with an area
processor, while the other half is sold on
the fresh market.
Dealing with Urban Growth
One of the major challenges facing
onion growers in the Nampa area today
is urbanization. Hundreds of acres of
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productive farm land are now dotted
with homes. Consequently, there has
been a sizable reduction in the number
of growers continuing to farm. Some
have retired and gone out of business,
while others, offered more money than
they could ever make growing onions
and other crops, have sold out, pocketed
the money and moved away.
The handful of Nampa growers left
today face the usual challenges. Most
have to take extra precautions to keep
peace with their neighbors. One area of
concern is weed and pesticide applications.
Aerial applications are now a thing
of the past. The threat of getting caught
up in some form of litigation is very
real. To avoid that, virtually all pesticide
and weed control applications are currently
made with ground rigs.
Like many areas in the Pacific Northwest
this year, Clinton harvested a high
quality onion crops, but not without a
challenges or two from Mother Nature.
“Last spring, we experienced quite a
bit of cold and wet weather,” the grower
reports. “Planting dates were a week
or so late, but up until early October
growing conditions were near ideal. Our
crop sized up well, and we have a good,
average crop in storage.”
Most growers in the Treasure Valley
have been reporting excellent quality but
slightly reduced yields and size.
Worrisome Fall Storms
This year’s harvest was interrupted
in late September and early October
with a series of untimely storms. These
left a number of growers chewing their
fingernails waiting for their fields to dry
down enough to get back to the harvest.
Clinton was able to bring in everything
before the cold temperatures hit.
Nonetheless, with the late rains that
fell, some worry whether part of this
year’s crop had time to dry down sufficiently,
particularly the onion necks.
Adequate curing is needed to avoid getting
Botrytis neck rot.
Like many of his neighbors, Clint is
hopeful that market returns this year will
be more profitable than last year. Thus
far, there is good reason to believe that it

will, he says. Acreage reductions, however
small, and reduced yields should be
good news in firming up the market.
Clinton was born about three miles
from his current home site in Nampa.
He began farming on his own in 1962.
During the earlier part of his career, he
grew close to 4,000 acres of different
crops, scattered from Mountain Home
to the Nampa area. During the earlier
part of his career, he grew potatoes,
onions, sugar beets and beans. Most
of the potatoes were under contract
with Simplot, Carnation and Ore-Ida.
Since then, a number of these plants
have shut down or are not contracting
the volume they once did. Because of
poor contract offerings, he stopped
growing the crop in the early 2000s.
“We sold off all of our potato and
sugar beet equipment,” the grower
smiles. “So, getting back into potatoes
again, even if improved returns for
the crop become a reality, would be
extremely difficult.”
Clinton owns his semi trucks and
uses them to transport his onions to
market. Most of his crop is stored
with J.C. Watson Co., Parma.
Rising Production Costs
Like most growers, the grower
worries about rising production costs.
Fuel costs are down from historical
highs at the moment, but there is
much uncertainty about the future.
Fertilizer and farm chemical prices
have doubled and more from year-earlier
levels.
One big plus is that all of Clinton’s
onions are under drip irrigation. His
water cost is not a major factory today,
that may not always be the case,
he says. Meanwhile, using drip irrigation
has allowed the grower to cut his
fertilizer bills at least a third.
“As we move forward, we can expect
to face more and more challenges
as far as food safety issues with
onions and other crops,” the grower
says. “Most of us are third-party
audited, but even at that, we need to
remain vigilant. The time is coming
when such audits will be required of
every farmer, regardless of the crop
grown.”
One major positive is that onions “are
one of the few vegetables” easy to keep
safe,” Clinton expresses. “And while
that may be great, we need to pay more
attention to all of our practices. Today’s
buyers are stricter in their demands than
in the past. We’re going to need to be
fully compliant.”
As he nears the time when many
elect to retire, Clinton hopes to relax a
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bit more and do more traveling. However,
there are no plans to quit anytime
soon. He is taking more time to serve in
grower organizations, such as the Idaho
Onion Association. Before becoming
president of that association earlier this
year, he served on its board of directors
for many years. He also has served for
many years, and continues to serve, as a
National Onion Association trustee.
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Disease Identification
Greening
Causal Agent:
Sunlight
Distribution:
Worldwide
Symptoms:
Sunlight causes the formation of chlorophyll
in the outer scales which results in
the scales turning green.
Conditions for Disease Development:
Excessive or late season nitrogen applications
can delay maturity and enhance the
greening of onion bulbs.. Greening can occur
if onion bulbs are exposed to sunlight
during the growing season or the bulbs are
allowed to cure for extended periods under
moderate light.
Control:
An early fertilization program that
promotes foliar development can reduce
losses from greening at bulb maturity.
Avoid excessive and late season nitrogen
applications and curing bulbs for extended
periods in the field.
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Trade Talk
NOA Annual Convention to Be Held
in Marco Island, Florida
Members of the National Onion Association
(NOA) will meet Dec. 3-6 as the Marriott Marco
Island Resort & Spa in Marco Island, Fla., for
their annual convention.
Topics of interest include industry trends,
opportunities and stresses along with a promotion
program update. Two educational speakers,
specialists in their respective fields, will share
their knowledge on pest management policy
and contemporary food, nutrition and cuisine
development.
Guests attending the ag tour will see a unique
combination of Florida winter agriculture and the
Everglades. Participants will board airboats for a
narrated excursion of the Everglades.
The following is the tentative schedule:
Wednesday, Dec. 3: Registration and opening
social.
Thursday, Dec. 4: Registration, committee
meetings at 8:30 a.m. (Promotion Committee
meets at 8 a.m.), followed by the Trustee Meeting.
Members are welcome to come and listen
as business reports given by the various NOA
committees.
Also on Thursday morning is an interactive
culinary demonstration for family and friends
not involved in the regular committee meetings.
This unique opportunity includes a taste-andlearn
session along with two demonstrations.
Following lunch at noon, all are invited to the
educational session. Industry trends, opportunities
and stresses will be part of the wide spectrum
of industry topics and business discussed. An
update on the NOA’s promotional program will
also take place.
A casual, Key West inspired cookout will take
place that evening along the sandy white beach
of the Gulf of Mexico.
Friday, Dec. 5: Get geared up for a unique
combination of Florida’s winter agriculture and
narrated airboat excursions through the Everglades.
Later that evening, the traditional closing
banquet reception and dinner will take place.
Saturday, Dec. 6: The annual meeting winds
up with a closing breakfast and crop report.
Delegates will report on the size and quality of
this year’s fall storage crop. Those interested in
a round of golf are also welcome to participate.
Tee time is 1 p.m. and reservations must be made
in advance.
For more information, contact the NOA at
(970) 353-5895 or check www.onionsusa.org.
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This highly singled-centered red variety was on
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The Story family, Greg, Larry, Virginia and Virgil, were presented with a
beautiful family picture.
Larry Bauman, left, Ron Mio, William Moore and Les Ito pose for a photo.
From left: Dr. Johan Peleman, director of R&D, Ron Amarel, director of
operations, Ing. Ko Remijnse, director of marketing and sales, Stepffen
Guenther, chief financial officer, and Douwe Zijp, Nunhems CEO.
Bob Scatena, left, Neil Bushong and Ian Lockhart. William Moore and Harvey Wilmont, a pioneer in onion seed production.

2008 Field Days Osu
Participants examining field test data. This field was ready for inspection.
Patricia Ortega, left, Patricio Lopez, Benjamin
(Lorenzo) Ramires and Rafael Valdes, visiting
from Chile.
Lynn Jensen stressed the value of inspecting
your onion fields on a regular basis.
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2008 Field Days semiNis
Standing (from left): Miguel Mendoza, Rob Maxwell, John Bill, Narciso
Zermeno, Jennifer Wahl, Casey Ganskie, Kevin Osborne, Leonardo
Camelo, Chip Long. Kneeling: John Marchese, Angel Ceja, Dennis Atkinson,
Collyn Larson and Marcel Wanders.
Pat Kawaguchi, Mike Thornton, Del Winegar were among the guests
present.
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This years Seminis field day was held at Les Ito Farm.
David Murikami, left, and Eddie and George Rodregus checking the quality
of the onions on display.
Ron Hull checking out the varieties on display.

2008 Field Days Wsu
Onions infected with aspergillus niger.
Cassie Comstock, left, Tim Waters and Lupe Cardenas
were among the guests present.
Sean Fort, Sakata plant breeder,
inspecting some of the newer
varieites.
More examples of onions infected with various diseases.
Masaki Kashiwagi, left, Rick
Falconer and Hirokatsu Uno,
chief plant breeder for Takii, were
among those checking the plots.
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Higher Canadian Dollar C
to Hurt Canadian Onion E
by Myron Love
As with last year, the
continued strength of
the Canadian dollar
over most of this year versus
its American counterpart has had
a negative impact on Canadian
onion exports — although with the
value of the Canadian dollar having
fallen as low as 83 cents U.S. over
the past few weeks, that may be
changing.
“Exports have been very slow,”
says Earl Kidston, a grower in the
Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia.
“They are nowhere near past
levels.”
Jim Veri of Exeter Produce
in Ontario agrees that exports of
Canadian onions were substantially
less than normal this year. He
notes, however, that Ontario growers
are making up for the drop in
export sales with increased domestic
sales and higher prices for their
products.
In general, Veri reports, the
yields have been good, although
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some areas suffered damage from
hail or standing water.
The bulk of Canada’s onion
growers are in Ontario, Canada’s
most populous province. The more
than 300 Ontario onion growers
are concentrated in two main
regions. One group is based in the
Bradford area just north of Toronto
with the rest centered in the Hollow
Marsh area south of Georgian Bay
to the west. Exeter Produce markets
onions from the Bradford area
where the yearly average planting is
3,500-4,000 acres of mainly yellow
cooking onions.
In Quebec, the largely Frenchspeaking
province to the east of
Ontario, the average planting is between
1,600 and 1,700 acres. There
are about 80 growers in Quebec
growing mostly yellow and Spanish
onions.
“Because it was wet and humid
through much of the summer in our
area, there were some problems with
disease,” says Mario LebLanc, a
provincial government spokesman.
“Nonetheless, the crop looked good
in general.”
Kidston reports that fewer
onions were planted in the three
southern Maritime provinces (New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island). (In 2007, there
were about 500 acres of mainly yellow
onions planted in the region.)
“The yield was about one-third
less this year,” Kidston says. “The
prices held up though.”
Zooming half way across the
country to the province of Manitoba
(which borders Minnesota and
North Dakota), Larry McIntosh,
the president and CEO of Peak of
the Market, the province’s largest
vegetable marketing co-op, reports
that the onion crop in the province
was above average both in quality
and price.
“We had the best price in many
years,” he says.
Manitoba’s four primary growers
plant about 550 acres of red, yellow
and white onion per year.
On the west coast, Lillian Posch,
CEO of the BC Vegetable marketing
Commission, notes that while
there was some problem with sweet
and red onions, the yellow onions
looked very good this past season.
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about 6 million kilograms of onions
in the Okanagan Valley, the Lower
Mainland and Vancouver Island.
“Domestic prices weren’t bad
in the early fall,” says Posch. “But
imported onions from Washington
States later in the fall had some
impact on the prices.”
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Kelly Keithly, founder and
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His election took place during the
ASTA’s 125 th Annual Convention
held in June in Orlando, Fla.
Keithly previously served as
president of the California Seed
Association and also has held
various positions within ASTA,
including chairman of the Vegetable
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vice president of the Western
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2008 Onion Buyers’ Guide
chEMIcALs
EquIPMENT
FERTILIZERS, DRY
FERTILIZERS, LIquID
MIScELLANEOuS cHEMIcALS
KNIVES
PESTIcIDES/HERBIcIDES
FuNGIcIDES/ADJuVANTS
EqUIpMENT
BAGGING/PAcKAGING/PAcKING
cOVERS
HANDLING
HARVESTERS/HARVESTING
LIFTERS
LOADERS
PLANT
PROcESSING
chemicals
EQUIPMENT
Mel Beck Precision Planters
214 Thunderegg Blvd, Nyssa, OR
97913
(541) 372-3532 - Fax (541) 372-2428
e-mail: rbeck@fmtc.com
www.precisionplanters.com
Gandy granular applicator.
FERTILIZERS, DRy
Simplot Grower Solutions
999 Main St., Boise, ID 83702
(208) 672-2700
www.simplot.com
Westbridge Agricultural Products
1150 Joshua Way, Vista, CA 92081
(800) 876-2767, Craig Yearous (208) 899-5723
email: wrg@westbridge.com
www.westbridge.com
Use TRIGGRR & BioLink products to optimize your
onion production.
FERTILIZERS, LIQUID
Agro-K Corporation
8030 Main Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432
(800) 328-2418
www.agro-k.com
Agro-K’s Vigor-Phos fertilizers are designed to maximize
bulb quality and improve vigor and growth.
C.S.I. Chemical Corp
See Ad on
P.O. Box 39, Bondurant, Iowa 50035 PAge 16
(800) 247-2480 or Walt Grigg (509)
952-7558
www.nutri-cal.com
Nutri-CalTM - the calcium solution.
Integrated Biological Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 554, Nampa, ID 83653
(208) 442-0776 or Marvin Miller (208) 250-6318
www.intbiosysinc.com
Organic and biological foliar nutrients.
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See Ad on
PAge 12
SIZING / SORTING
SPREADERS
TILLAGE
TOPPERS/TAILERS
WINDROWERS
IRRIGATION
SYSTEMS
MIscELLANEOUs
AucTIONS
POLLINATION cOVERS
pARTs
BELTING/cHAIN
PINcH ROLLS
WEAR PARTS
sEEd
ALL ONION SEEDS
Georgia-Pacific’s Plant Nutrition
Group
133 Peachtree St. NE, 19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
866-2nitamin - (866) 264-8264
e-mail: nitamin@gapac.com
www.nitamin.com
Nitamin® and Nitamin Nfushion Steady-Delivery®
liquid nitrogen for crops.
JH Biotech
4951 Olivas Park Dr., Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 650-8933 - Fax (805) 650-8942
e-mail: biotech@jhbiotech.com
www.jhbiotech.com
Organic and commercial fertilizers, pesticides and soil
amendments.
SFP (Specialty Fertilizer Products)
134 Cherry Hill Drive, Kansas City, MO 64012
(888) 446-GROW
e-mail: info@specialtyfertilizer.com
www.specialtyfertilizer.com
Developers and manufacturers of AVAIL and Nutri-
Sphere-N.
Simplot Grower Solutions
999 Main St., Boise, ID 83702
(208) 672-2700
www.simplot.com
Stoller USA
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4001 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N,
PAge 5
#100
Houston, TX 77043-1226
(800) 539-5283 or (713) 461-1493
Fax (713) 461-4467
e-mail: info@stollerusa.com
www.stollerusa.com
Liquid fertilizers, specializing in restoring hormone
balance.
SEED cAGES
sEEd TREATMENT
ENcRuSTATION
SEED cOATING/PELLETING
SEED FILMS
SEED PRIMING
shIppERs
sTORAGE
BINS
DEHuMIDIFYING EquIPMENT
REFRIGERATION & cOOLING
STEEL BuILDINGS
TEMPERATuRE & HuMIDITY MONITORING
VENTILATION/HuMIDIFIcATION
Westbridge Agricultural Products
1150 Joshua Way, Vista, CA 92081
(800) 876-2767, Craig Yearous (208) 899-5723
email: wrg@westbridge.com
www.westbridge.com
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MISC. CHEMICALS
BASF Agricultural Products
26 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(800) 669-1770
www.agproducts.basf.com
Herbicides, fungicides, plant regulators, insecticides
and seed technology products.
Westbridge Agricultural Products
1150 Joshua Way, Vista, CA 92081
(800) 876-2767
Craig Yearous (208) 899-5723
email: wrg@westbridge.com
www.westbridge.com
Plant growth regulators and adjuvants.
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R & H Machine
115 Roedel Avenue, Caldwell, ID 83605
(208) 459-1507 - Fax (208) 459-1508
e-mail: rhmachine@clearwire.net
www.rhmachine.com
Long-wearing chrome alloy.
PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES
BASF Agricultural Products
26 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(800) 669-1770
www.agproducts.basf.com
Herbicides, fungicides, plant regulators, insecticides
and seed technology products.
Integrated Biological Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 554, Nampa, ID 83653
(208) 442-0776 or
Marvin Miller (208) 250-6318
www.intbiosysinc.com
NPX Repellent.

JH Biotech
4951 Olivas Park Dr., Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 650-8933 - Fax (805) 650-8942
e-mail: biotech@jhbiotech.com
www.jhbiotech.com
Organic and commercial fertilizers, pesticides and soil
amendments.
Simplot Grower Solutions
999 Main St., Boise, ID 83702
(208) 672-2700
www.simplot.com
FUNGICIDES/ADJUvANTS
BASF Agricultural Products
26 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(800) 669-1770
www.agproducts.basf.com
Herbicides, fungicides, plant regulators, insecticides and
seed technology products.
BioSafe Systems
80 Commerce Street, P.O. Box 936
Glastonbury, CT 06033
(888) 273-3088 - (860) 657-2211
Fax (860) 657-3388
www.biosafesystems.com
Oxidate.
Integrated Biological Systems, Inc.
P.O. Box 554, Nampa, ID 83653
(208) 442-0776 or Marvin Miller (208) 250-6318
www.intbiosysinc.com
pHORUS, NPX Repellent, adjuvants.
Simplot Grower Solutions
999 Main St., Boise, ID 83702
(208) 672-2700
www.simplot.com
equipment
BAGGING/PACkAGING/PACk-
ING
AFFELDT USA Inc.
12600 Deerfield Parkway, Suite 100,
Alpharetta, GA3004
(678) 566-3640 - Fax (678) 566-3641
email: m.provini@affeldt.com, www.affeldt-usa.com
Ag-Pak, Inc.
8416 State Street, Gasport, NY 14067
(716) 772-2651 - Fax (716) 772-2555
e-mail: info@agpak.com - www.agpak.com
Newtec weighing/bagging machines.
Chinook Equipment Inc.
P.O. Box 15554, Boise, ID 83715
(208) 331-1126 - Fax (208) 331-1264
e-mail: chinookequipment@gmail.com
California Metals and Alloys Corp.
3534 W. Ball Road
Suite 218
Anaheim, CA 92804
Tel: (714) 723-0551; Fax (714) 723-6534
Web: www.calmetalloys.com
Netting bag supplies
Haines Equipment, Inc.
20 Carrington Street, Avoca, NY 14809
(607) 566-2234 - Fax (607) 566-2240
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Baggers/fillers.
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2008 Onion Buyers' Guide
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
See Ad on
PAge 4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
19
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
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Baggers.
Premier Packing, Inc.
2001 Ahtanum Rd., Yakima, WA 98903
East Coast (941) 746-7155
West Coast (509) 480-1501
Check weighing system with automatic baler and RPC
filling.
SORMA
1101 N. 16th Ave, Ste 104, Yakima, WA 98908
(509) 853-0123 - Fax (509) 853-0124
e-mail: alex@sormausa.com
www.sormausa.com
Bagging and packaging equipment.
Top Air Inc.
See Ad on
10 E. Grove Ave., P.O. Box 130
PAge 32
Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
Upright elevators.
Weening Brothers Mfg, Inc.
3475 Hwy 88, RR #1,
Bradford, Ontario, Canada
(905) 775-3839 - Fax (905) 775-8769
e-mail: sales@weeningbrothers.com
www.weeningbrothers.com
Grading, packing, sizing, sorting equipment.
Wyma Engineering
27 Foremans Road, P.O. Box 16 707
Hornby 8441 CHCH
New Zealand
Toll Free 1-888-554-6110
Fax +64 3 344-6407
e-mail: sales@wymaengineering.com
www.wymaengineering.com
Handling, grading & sizing equipment, complete onion
lines.
COvERS
Redwood Empire Awning Co.
3547 Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 588-9900 - Fax (707) 588-9065
e-mail: reaco@sonic.net
www.reaco.com
Equipment covers.
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HANDLING
Kerian Machines
P.O. Box 311, Grafton, ND 58237
(701) 352-0480 - Fax (701) 352-3776
e-mail: sales@kerian.com
www.kerian.com
Kerian Speed Sizer.
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Nicholson Machinery
Rob Hinnant - Georgia (912) 526-6199
Bob Rietveld - Idaho (208) 536-6601
Steve Bouwcamp - Michigan (231) 834-5617
www.nicholson-machinery.co.uk
Nyssa Machine & Welding
Mfg.
219 N. 9th St, Nyssa, OR 97913
(541) 372-3123
HARvESTERS/HARvESTING
Haines Equipment, Inc.
20 Carrington Street, Avoca, NY 14809
(607) 566-2234 - Fax (607) 566-2240
e-mail: HainesInc@aol.com
Loaders, tippers, toppers, bulk handling
equipment, box dumpers and driers.
KPR, Inc.
P.O. Box 608, Wendell, ID 83355
(208) 536-6601 - Fax (208) 536-6695
www.kprincorp.com
Harvesters, toppers, crowners, and bulb handling
equipment.
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Harvesters, toppers.
Macro Plastics, Inc.
2250 Huntington Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533
(800) 845-6555 - Fax (707) 437-1201
Mark Harley, National Sales Director
info@macroplastics.com
www.macroplastics.com
MacroBins®.
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Nicholson Machinery
Rob Hinnant - Georgia (912) 526-6199
Bob Rietveld - Idaho (208) 536-6601
Steve Bouwcamp - Michigan (231) 834-5617
www.nicholson-machinery.co.uk
Nyssa Machine & Welding
Mfg.
219 N. 9th St, Nyssa, OR 97913
(541) 372-3123
Top Air Inc.
10 E. Grove Ave., P.O. Box 130
Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
LIFTERS
KPR, Inc.
P.O. Box 608, Wendell, ID 83355
(208) 536-6601 - Fax (208) 536-6695
www.kprincorp.com
Harvesters, toppers, crowners, and bulb handling
equipment.
Nicholson Machinery
Rob Hinnant - Georgia (912) 526-6199
Bob Rietveld - Idaho (208) 536-6601
Steve Bouwcamp - Michigan (231) 834-5617
www.nicholson-machinery.co.uk
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Mfg.
219 N. 9th St, Nyssa, OR 97913
(541) 372-3123
R & H Machine
115 Roedel Avenue, Caldwell, ID 83605
(800) 321-6568 - Fax (208) 459-1508
e-mail: rhmachine@clearwire.net
www.rhmachine.com
Long-wearing chrome alloy.
Top Air Inc.
10 E. Grove Ave., P.O. Box 130,
Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
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LOADERS
Haines Equipment, Inc.
20 Carrington Street, Avoca, NY 14809
566-2234 - Fax (607) 566-2240
e-mail: HainesInc@aol.com
Truck and trailer unloaders & loaders, railcar unloaders.
KPR, Inc.
P.O. Box 608, Wendell, ID 83355
(208) 536-6601 - Fax (208) 536-6695
www.kprincorp.com
Harvesters, toppers, crowners, and bulb handling
equipment.
American Wholesale Co.
USED WALK-IN-COOLER-FREEZER BOXES
REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - EQUIPMENT
Large inventory, All Sizes
n Buy n Sell - Nationwide n
Wholesale Prices n www.awrco.com
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Top Air Inc.
10 East Grove Avenue, P.O. Box
130
Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
PLANTERS
Gramor Machine Company
9173 West Polk, Tolleson, AZ 85353
(623) 936-3701 - Fax (623) 936-9218
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
www.shuknecht.com
email: mail@shuknecht.com
Logan-Zenner Seeds, Inc.
P.O. Box 2443, Pasco, WA 99302
(800) 495-0552 or (509) 545-0552
Fax: (509) 545-0474
Columbia Basin (Ore./Wash.):
Joey Rose - (509) 727-1457
Western Ore./Wash.:
Craig Hoffman - (503) 519-4176
Colorado/Utah/New Mexico:
Les Watada - (970) 396-3028
Ore./Wash./Nevada/Idaho:
Newt Stanger - (509) 727-2090
Columbia Basin/Idaho: Terry Secl
e-mail: t.secl@loganzenner.com
or g.logan@loganzenner.com
All vegetable seeds.
Mel Beck Precision Planters
214 Thunderegg Blvd, Nyssa, OR
97913
(541) 372-3532 - Fax (541) 372-2428
e-mail: rbeck@fmtc.com
www.precisionplanters.com
Gandy granular applicator.
Monosem Inc.
1001 Blake St., Edwardsville, KS
66111
(913) 438-1700 - Fax (913) 438-5455
www.monosem-inc.com
Monosem Precision Vacuum Planters.
Nyssa Machine & Welding
Mfg.
219 N. 9th St., Nyssa, OR 97913
(541) 372-3123
Solex
220 So. Jefferson St., Dixon, CA
95620
(707) 678-5533 - Fax (800) 248-6651
Stanhay precision planters, Gespardo Planters.
Starco Mfg., Inc.
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(800) 859-0399 - Fax (307) 235-7081
starco@midrivers.com - www.starcomfg.com
Milton Precision Planters.
PROCESSING
AFFELDT USA Inc.
12600 Deerfield Parkway, Suite 100,
Alpharetta, GA3004
(678) 566-3640 - Fax (678) 566-3641
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email: m.provini@affeldt.com, www.affeldt-usa.com
Ag-Pak, Inc.
8416 State Street, Gasport, NY 14067
(716) 772-2651 - Fax (716) 772-2555
e-mail: info@agpak.com - www.agpak.com
Newtec/Jasa weighing/bagging machines.
Chinook Equipment Inc.
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(208) 331-1126 - Fax (208) 331-1264
e-mail: chinookequipment@gmail.com
Haines Equipment, Inc.
P.O. Box I, 20 Carrington St., Avoca, NY 14809
(607) 566-2234 - Fax (607) 566-2240
www.hainesequipment.com
e-mail: Hainesinc@aol.com
Truck and trailer unloaders & loaders,
railcar unloaders.
Kerian Machines
P.O. Box 311, Grafton, ND 58237
(701) 352-0480 - Fax (701) 352-3776
e-mail: sales@kerian.com
www.kerian.com
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Grading, packing, sizing, sorting.
Premier Packing, Inc.
2001 Ahtanum Rd., Yakima, WA 98903
East Coast (941) 746-7155
West Coast (509) 480-1501
Check weighing system with automatic
baler and RPC filling.
SORMAC B.V.
Huiskensstraat 68, 5916 PN VENLO
The Netherlands
+31 77 351 84 44 - Fax +31 77 320 48 01
Bert Haffmans, e-mail: info@sormac.nl
www.sormac.nl
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Processing equipment for potatoes, onions, carrots, leafy
vegetables, bell peppers and others.
Weening Brothers Mfg, Inc.
3475 Hwy 88, RR #1, Bradford
Ontario, Canada
(905) 775-3839 - Fax (905) 775-8769
e-mail: sales@weeningbrothers.com
www.weeningbrothers.com
Grading, packing, sizing, sorting equipment.
SIZING/SORTING
ERC Machinery USA, LLC
(877) 730-1966 - Fax (219) 766-
3289
e-mail: dcr@rietveldfarms.com
www.ercmachinery.nl
Sizers and toppers.
Kerian Machines
P.O. Box 311, Grafton, ND 58237
(701) 352-0480 - Fax (701) 352-3776
e-mail: sales@kerian.com
www.kerian.com
Weening Brothers Mfg, Inc.
3475 Hwy 88, RR #1, Bradford
Ontario, Canada
(905) 775-3839 - Fax (905) 775-8769
e-mail: sales@weeningbrothers.com
www.weeningbrothers.com
Grading, packing, sizing, sorting equipment.
Wyma Engineering
27 Foremans Road, P.O. Box 16 707
Hornby 8441 CHCH
New Zealand
Toll Free 1-888-554-6110
Fax +64 3 344-6407
e-mail: sales@wymaengineering.com
www.wymaengineering.com
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Handling, grading & sizing equipment, complete onion
lines.
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SPREADERS
Kuhn-Knight
Brodhead, WI 53520
(608) 897-2131 - Fax (608) 897-2561
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 351-0444 - Fax (970) 351-7499
www.kuhnknight.com
Cull onion management.
TILLAGE
Ag Engineering
P.O. Box 2814, Tri-Cities, WA 98902
(800) 627-9099
www.dammerdiker.com
Reservoir tillage.
R & H Machine
115 Roedel Avenue, Caldwell, ID 83605
(800) 321-6568 - Fax (208) 459-1508
e-mail: rhmachine@clearwire.net
www.rhmachine.com
Long-wearing chrome alloy.
TOPPERS
ERC Machinery USA, LLC
(877) 730-1966 - Fax (219) 766-
3289
e-mail: info@ercmachinery.com
www.ercmachinery.com
Toppers and sizers.
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Haines Equipment, Inc.
20 Carrington Street, Avoca, NY 14809
(607) 566-2234 - Fax (607) 566-2240
e-mail: Hainesinc@aol.com
Toppers, diggers and windrowers.
KPR, Inc.
P.O. Box 608, Wendell, ID 83355
(208) 536-6601 - Fax (208) 536-6695
www.kprincorp.com
Harvesters, toppers, crowners, and bulb handling
equip.
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Nicholson Machinery
Rob Hinnant - Georgia (912) 526-6199
Bob Rietveld - Idaho (208) 536-6601
Steve Bouwcamp - Michigan (231) 834-5617
www.nicholson-machinery.co.uk
Top Air Inc.
10 East Grove Avenue
P.O. Box 130, Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
WINDROWERS
Haines Equipment, Inc.
20 Carrington Street, Avoca, NY 14809
(607) 566-2234 - Fax
(607) 566-2240
e-mail: Hainesinc@
aol.com
Toppers, diggers and
windrowers.
KPR, Inc.
P.O. Box 608, Wendell,
ID 83355
(208) 536-6601 - Fax
(208) 536-6695
www.kprincorp.com
Harvesters, toppers,
crowners, and bulb
handling equipment.
Top Air Inc.
10 East
Grove
Avenue
P.O. Box 130, Parma,
ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or
(208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topairusa.com
www.topair-usa.com
Wyma
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Engineering
27 Foremans Road,
P.O. Box 16 707
Hornby 8441 CHCH
New Zealand
Toll Free
1-888-554-6110
Fax +64 3 344-6407
e-mail: sales@
wymaengineering.
Handling, grading & siz-
ing equipment, complete onion lines. com
www.wymaengineering.com
iRRiGatiOn
SySTEMS
Clearwater Supply
1086 South 1st Ave.
Othello, WA 99344
(509) 488-5793 - Fax (509) 488 -5813
Drip irrigation, onions, potatoes, peppers,
melons, tomatoes.
Irrometer
(951) 689-1701
Fax: (951) 689-3706
Queen Gil
1-800-831-6889
Fax: 1-866-299-9464 Bulgaria Fax: + 359 887
866 975
e-mail: sales@queengil.com - www.queengil.
com
Skone Irrigation & Supply
2051 W. 1st, Warden, WA 98857
(509) 349-7364 - Fax (509) 349-7466
Accurate Sprinkler Packages.
miscellaneOus
AUCTIONS
Pirrung Auctioneers
P.O. Box 607, Wayland, NY 14572
(585) 728-2520 - Fax (585-728-3378
pirrungauc@stny.rr.com
www.pirrunginc.com
Serving the buying and selling needs of farmers
across America since 1948.
POLLINATION COvERS
Redwood Empire Awning Co.
3547 Santa Rosa Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 588-9900 - Fax (707) 588-9065
e-mail: reaco@sonic.net
www.reaco.com
Seed cage covers & frames, pollination cages &
frames.
paRts
BELTING/CHAIN
Hasco
Plainview, TX
(800) 336-4383 - Fax (806) 889-3812
Sizing screen, onion brushes, hook chain, belted
chain, spkt roller, conv. belting.
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Nyssa Machine & Welding Mfg.
219 N. 9th St, Nyssa, OR 97913
(541) 372-3123
Top Air Inc.
10 East Grove Ave.,P.O. Box 130,
Parma, ID 83660
(888) 486-7247 or (208) 722-6936
Fax (208) 722-6937
e-mail: dkido@topair-usa.com
www.topair-usa.com
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PINCH ROLLS
Lee Shuknecht & Sons
4458 Ford Road, Elba, NY 14058
(585) 757-6628 - Fax (585) 757-9395
e-mail: mail@shuknecht.com
www.shuknecht.com
Wilson Creek Machine
P.O. Box 137, Wilson Creek, WA 98860
(509) 345-2001
WEAR PARTS
R & H Machine
115 Roedel Avenue, Caldwell, ID 83605
(800) 321-6568 - Fax (208) 459-1508
e-mail: rhmachine@clearwire.net
www.rhmachine.com
Long-wearing chrome alloy.
seed
ONION SEED
American Takii, Inc.
301 Natividad Road
Salinas, CA 93906
(831) 443-4901 - Fax (831) 443-3976
Tom Gordon e-mail: tgordon@takii.com
Office: (607) 539-9913
Bunching, short day, intermediate, long day and overwintering
onion seed.
Bejo Seeds, Inc.
1972 Silver Spur Place
Oceano, CA 93445
(866) 751-4304 - Fax (805) 473-0897
www.bejoseeds.com
Champion Seed Company
Offices in:
Celaya, Gto. - (461) 117-3878
Colima, Col. - (461) 104-0134
Costa Golfo - (461) 104-0496
Bajio - (461) 140 - 9452
Bakersfield, CA - (661) 397-5717
Brea, CA - (714) 529-0702
Coachella, CA - (760) 398-2729
Greeley, CO - (970) 339-5138
Payette, ID - (208) 642-9308
McAllen, TX - (956) 618-5574
Uvalde, TX - (830) 278-5850
Prosser, WA - (509) 531-7254
Georgia, Florida, The Carolinas - (616) 366-
2586
Bunching, long day, short day.
Crookham Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 520, Caldwell, ID 83606-0520
(208) 459-7451 Fax (208) 454-2108
e-mail: ccoinfo@crookham.com
www.crookham.com
All seeds, bunching.
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DP Seeds LLC
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Yuma, AZ 85365
(928) 341-8494, Fax (928) 341-8496
info@Dpalmerseed.com
www.dpalmerseed.com
Bunching, short day, intermediate, long day and
overwintering seed.
D.V. Burrell Seed Growers Co.
P.O. Box 150-OW, Rocky Ford, CO 81067
Toll-free (866) 254-7333 or (719) 254-3319
Fax (719) 254-3319
e-mail: bureellseedscenturytel.net
All seeds, bunching.
Lockhart Seeds, Inc.
3 N. Wilson Way, Stockton, CA
95205
(209) 466-4401 - Fax (209) 466-9766
All seeds.
Logan-Zenner Seeds, Inc.
P.O. Box 2443, Pasco, WA 99302
(800) 495-0552 or (509) 545-0552
Fax: (509) 545-0474
Columbia Basin/Idaho:
Terry Secl - (509) 727-2956
e-mail: t.secl@loganzenner.com
Columbia Basin (Ore./Wash.):
Joey Rose - (509) 727-1457
Western Ore./Wash.:
Craig Hoffman - (503) 519-4176
Colorado/Utah/New Mexico:
Les Watada - (970) 396-3028
Ore./Wash./Nevada/Idaho:
Newt Stanger - (509) 727-2090
All vegetable seeds.
Moore Seed Co.
3665 Harmony Lane, Ontario, OR
97914
(541) 889-5982 - cell (208) 739-1595
Fax (541) 889-2991
e-mail: wmoore@fmtc.com
All seeds.
Nunhems USA
1200 Anderson Corner Rd., Parma,
ID 83660
(800) 733-9505 - Fax (208) 674-4006
www.nunhemsUSA.com
All seeds, bunching.
NEW & USED:
• Sizers
• Check Weighers
• Baggers (rentals also
available)
• Complete Grading Lines
• Other miscellaneous
equipment
For information contact:
Gary Loewe:
800-219-2245
or (208) 331-1126
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Fax: (208) 331-1264
chinookequipment@gmail.com
www.chinookequipment.com
Rispens Seeds, Inc.
1357 Dutch American Way, P.O. Box 310
Beecher, Illinois 60401
(708) 946-6560 - (708) 712-3332
Fax (708-946-6115
Sakata Seed America, Inc.
18095 Serene Drive, P.O. Box 880
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408) 778-7758 - Fax (408) 778-7768
www.sakata.com
Onion Product Manager/Area Sales Manager:
Mike Hansen (209) 483-8770
e-mail: mhansen@sakata.com
Lodi Office (209) 369-7465
All seeds – short day, intermediate, late intermediate,
Spanish, long day, white, yellow and red varieties.
Seminis
2700 Camino del Sol, Oxnard, CA 93030
(866) 334-1056 - Fax (805) 918-2291
www.seminis.com
All seeds, bunching.
ScottSeed
4876 N. Road H, Vale, OR 97918
(541) 473-3246 - Fax (541) 473-3747
Treasure Valley and Colorado: Walt Scott
(541) 473-3246
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Hermiston & Columbia Basin: Casey Crookham
(208) 454-2679 - cell (208) 841-9702
Utah & Nevada: Larry Chambers
(435) 458-3592 - cell (435) 230-4667
Willamette Valley: Ed Harris
(503) 393-6970 - cell (503) 559-5232
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North Dakota, Minnesota & Montana:
Norm Haak
(701) 742-2023 - cell (701) 710-0099
All seeds, bunching.
Snow Seed Company
21855 Rosehart Way, Salinas, CA
93908
(831) 758-9869 - Fax (831) 757-4550
Offices in:
Bakersfield, CA - (661) 366-4477
Prosser, WA - Todd Clark (509) 480-2518
All seeds, long day.
Stokes Seed, Inc.
P.O. Box 548, Buffalo, NY 14240
(800) 263-7233 - Fax (888) 834-3334
e-mail: stokes@stokeseeds.com
www.stokeseeds.com
SEED CAGES
Redwood Empire Awning
Co.
3547 Santa Rosa Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 588-9900 - Fax (707) 588-9065
e-mail: reaco@sonic.net - www.reaco.
com
Seed cage covers & frames, pollination cages
& frames.
seed tReatment
ENCRUSTATION
Germain's Technology
Group N.A. Inc.
8333 Swanston Lane
Gilroy, CA 95020
(408) 848-8120 - Fax (408) 848-2124
www.germains.com
INCOTEC
Integrated Coating and Seed Technology,
Inc.
1293 Harkins Road
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 757-4367 - Fax (831) 757-1512
www.incotec.com
OnX.
SEED COATING/PELLET-
ING
Champion Seed Company
Offices in:
Celaya, Gto. - (461) 117-3878
Colima, Col. - (461) 104-0134
Costa Golfo - (461) 104-0496
Bajio - (461) 140 - 9452
Bakersfield, CA - (661) 397-5717
Payette, ID - (208) 642-9308
Brea, CA - (714) 529-0702
McAllen, TX - (956) 618-5574
Coachella, CA - (760) 398-2729
Uvalde, TX - (830) 278-5850
Greeley, CO - (970) 339-5138
Prosser, WA - (509) 531-7254
Georgia, Florida, The Carolinas - (616)
366-2586
INCOTEC
Integrated Coating and Seed Technology,
Inc.
1293 Harkins Road
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(831) 757-4367 - Fax (831) 757-1512
www.incotec.com
INCOTEC® 118.
Germain's Technology
Group N.A. Inc.
8333 Swanston Lane
Gilroy, CA 95020
(408) 848-8120 - Fax (408) 848-2124
www.germains.com
Logan-Zenner Seeds, Inc.
P.O. Box 2443, Pasco, WA 99302
(800) 495-0552 or (509) 545-
0552
Fax: (509) 545-0474
Columbia Basin/Idaho:
Terry Secl - (509) 727-2956
e-mail: t.secl@loganzenner.com
Columbia Basin (Ore./Wash.):
Joey Rose - (509) 727-1457
Western Ore./Wash.:
Craig Hoffman - (503) 519-4176
Colorado/Utah/New Mexico:
Les Watada - (970) 396-3028
Ore./Wash./Nevada/Idaho:
Newt Stanger - (509) 727-2090
All vegetable seeds.
Nunhems USA
1200 Anderson Corner Rd.
Parma, ID 83660
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8333 Swanston Lane
Gilroy, CA 95020
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1293 Harkins Road
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8333 Swanston Lane
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1293 Harkins Road
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Toll-free (877) 999-MACX(6229)
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2250 Huntington Dr., Fairfield, CA 94533
(800) 845-6555 - Fax (707) 437-1201
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info@macroplastics.com
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14222 NE 21st St.
Bellevue, WA 98007
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4519 Hamilton Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
(216) 426-8882 - Fax (216) 426-8883
www.awrco.com
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723 E. Karcher Road, Nampa, Idaho 83687
(208) 463-6305
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14222 NE 21st St.
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723 E. Karcher Road, Nampa, Idaho 83687
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14222 NE 21st Street
Bellevue, WA 98007
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P.O. Box 130 l 10 East Grove Avenue l Parma, ID 83660
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