In late August, the new Grano de Oro onion harvest, also known as Reca onion, started in Navarra. The weather, with mild temperatures and little rainfall during the spring, has favoured an increase in…

Onions have medicinal talents - especially red onions, as they have more vegetable antibodies than the lighter varieties. A number of health benefits at a glance. Freeing airways:  the onion's ethere…

On August 7, the first Dutch onions of this season were shipped to Indonesia. The first inspection and certification for this country is the culmination of a long-term process to gain access for Dutch…

Harvest started very early this year. The first lot of Hybing was harvested at grower Van Leijsen in Poortvliet on the Zeeuwse island of Tholen on the 31st of July. "The harvest of the early seeding o…

Following a month of high temperatures in Washington, onion growers there are waiting to see what effect the heat will have on this year's crop. While excessive heat could make for smaller sizes, it's…

Onions can be a difficult crop to grow in the tropics, but after 14 years of trial and error, one Top End farmer has finally worked out the secret. John Shaw has been slowly expanding his commercial …

Onion named medicinal plant of the year Allium cepa, the onion, has been named medicinal plant of the year by a panel of judges of German naturopathic association 'NHV Theophrastus', as reported on t…

NetafimItaly: Drip irrigation for onions Onions are one of the most important vegetables in every kitchen and are thought to have originated in Central-Western Asia. In Italy, there are currently 9,…

Scientists have found that regularly eating the brightly-coloured vegetables appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer by almost a fifth. Men who included carrots as part of their regular diet, …

Here at Harvest Fresh we are excited to introduce a re-vamped, re-energized version of our website. We have redesigned our layout with simplicity, ease of use and a strong focus on content delivery i…

Seminis launches a new online website for onions. This website makes it easier for a grower to choose the best onion for his cultivation and storage capabilities. To support customers, Seminis has dev…

More and more people in the western world suffer from asthma. In Swiss Lausanne scientists may have come across a possible cause, as announced on the Swiss website 20min.ch: we do not eat enough fruit…

After surviving last month's heatwave, onion growers in southern NSW are hopeful crops will pull through another week of days above 40-degrees. On Neil Wiseman's organic farm at Coleambally in the Ri…

  Horticulture New Zealand says Indonesia's new import requirements will further harm exporters. Last month Indonesia placed new requirements on incoming fruit and vegetables, including reduced entry…