March 2024 - 8

NOA CONFERENCE
Safeguarding onions
Subas Malla (from left), Texas A&M associate professor in vegetables; Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO of the
Texas International Produce Association; and Steve Cargil of Cargil Farms Produce discuss onion and cabbage
production at a cabbage field in Uvalde, Texas. Photos by Doug Ohlemeier.
NOA MEETING HIGHLIGHTS LABOR, EXPORTS, DISEASE CHALLENGES
BY DOUG OHLEMEIER
ASSISTANT EDITOR
he state of the onion industry's trade organization
is healthy while scientists are battling bacterial
diseases that threaten growers' crops.
Gathering in San Antonio Nov. 29-Dec. 2 for the
National Onion Association's (NOA) annual convention,
the joint meeting with the National Allium Research
Conference (NARC) allowed growers and researchers
to interact and learn more about research on protecting
crops from disease.
Tours of Extension research and grower production
operations also displayed how Texans are working to
improve their crops.
In numerous sessions, researchers made
presentations on their projects to tackle bacterial
diseases threatening onion production including pink
root, stemphylium leaf blight and iris yellow spot.
Joint effort
" This is a great meeting, " said Greg Yielding, executive
vice president for NOA. " Having it with the researchers
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here is a big plus because what it's all about is getting
everyone together with the researchers. It's important to
know what researchers are doing and how it affects our
industry. It's really good for all of you, growers, shippers
and packers, to be here. "
In a general session updating NOA finances and
membership, grower committee leaders updated
members on the state of the organization. NOA's goal is
to add 30 members each year. One of the new members,
Carbon Robotics, demonstrated its LaserWeeder at
NOA's 2023 summer tour in Michigan.
" As we're dealing with this new tech and new people,
we have to get them involved with this because the NOA
is a great place to interact with a lot of growers and
industry people, " said membership committee co-chair
Bruce Klamer of V&W Farms in Byron Center, Michigan.
In January, Jared Gutierrez, a Pasco, Washington,
grower and general manager of Volm Cos., became NOA
president. Gutierrez, who will lead NOA for the next two
years, succeeds Delbert Gehrke of AgriNorthwest in
Kennewick, Washington. Barry Vculek, of Four Star Ag in
Oakes, North Dakota, moves to first vice president. Volm
is a packaging material and equipment supplier.

March 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of March 2024

Editor's Letter
Summer cover cropping
Safeguarding onions
Onion Difficulties
Powdery mildew research
Organic Grower
Tips on choosing robotics
Ag Labor Review
Farm Market & Agriculture
Classifieds
Advertiser Index
March 2024 - 1
March 2024 - 2
March 2024 - 3
March 2024 - Editor's Letter
March 2024 - 5
March 2024 - Summer cover cropping
March 2024 - 7
March 2024 - Safeguarding onions
March 2024 - 9
March 2024 - 10
March 2024 - 11
March 2024 - Onion Difficulties
March 2024 - 13
March 2024 - 14
March 2024 - 15
March 2024 - Powdery mildew research
March 2024 - Organic Grower
March 2024 - 18
March 2024 - 19
March 2024 - Tips on choosing robotics
March 2024 - 21
March 2024 - Ag Labor Review
March 2024 - 23
March 2024 - Farm Market & Agriculture
March 2024 - 25
March 2024 - Classifieds
March 2024 - Advertiser Index
March 2024 - 28
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