Research funded by the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is hoping to identify production practices that may contribute to Salmonella contamination of bulb onions and steps growers can take to reduce ...

Salmonella contamination of bulb onions, which caused recalls across the U.S. and Canada in 2020, is the focus of a Texas A&M AgriLife Research project to help onion producers solve the problem.

Returned to the family after three-quarters of a century Delbert Miller learned that his wife’s great-grandfather had built a ...

While conducting the survey of bacteria in onions, a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers in Uvalde identified a new pathogen — a bacterial species now named for where it was found. The work is a ...

As you’re planting your spring kitchen garden, leave room for one of cooking’s basics, an ingredient that’s delicious enough to bring tears to your eyes. Growing onions in Colorado is easy, and if you ...

For onions, like comedy, timing is everything. The secret to delicious, large, sweet, good-keeping onions is to get them into the ground at the right time. Onion growth is determined by temperature ...

Onions have been cultivated for over 5,000 years, and they have been used, not only for food, but for medicine for various illnesses and joint problems. Ancient Greek soldiers and athletes believed ...

Onions don't mature until the early summer in Montgomery County, but they must be planted early if they are going to develop large bulbs. Most Montgomery County gardeners don't even begin to think ...

PATERSON, Wash. -- Craig Engbretson's eyes are starting to water. That's what 6,000 tons of onions can do to you. The Horse Heaven Hills, Wash., farmer has been growing the fragrant bulbs since 1984, ...