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📅 **Recorded on:** February 11, 2025   

📍 **Location:** USU Brigham City Campus, Room B111    

This video captures the full session of the 2025 Utah Onion Association & Northern Utah Vegetable Grower Meeting. Experts from Utah State University and USDA share insights on vegetable production regarding weed and pest management, biostimulants, crop insurance, vegetable grafting technology and organic farming. Whether you attended in person or missed the event, watch the recording to gain valuable knowledge and practical strategies for improving your farm operations.    

### **Agenda & Timestamps:**    

⏱ **8:50 - 9:00** | **Call to Order and Welcome** – *Dr. Milena Oliveira 

(USU Extension Vegetable Specialist)*    

⏱ **9:00 - 9:30** | **Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Options for Weed Control in Vegetable Crops** – *Corey Ransom 

(USU Weed Specialist)*    

⏱ **9:30 - 10:00** | **Assessing Biostimulants for Onion Growth and Production under Stressful Conditions** – *Prakriti Nepal 

(M.S. USU - PSC Department)*    

⏱ **10:00 - 10:30** | **Bulb Mites and Beet Curly Top Virus in Commercial Vegetable Production** – *Nick Volesky 

(USU Program Associate - IPM)*    

⏱ **10:30 - 11:00** | **Crop Insurance Options for Vegetable Growers in Utah** – *Barbie Hill 

(USDA)*    

⏱ **11:00 - 11:30** | **BREAK**    

⏱ **11:30 - 12:00** | **Stronger Rootstocks, Better Crops: Optimizing Watermelon Production Through Grafting Technology** – *Dr. Milena Oliveira 

(USU Extension Vegetable Specialist)*    

⏱ **12:00 - 12:30** | **Biostimulants: Possible Applications in Watermelon Production** – *Evan Christensen 

(M.S. USU - PSC Department)*    

⏱ **12:30 - 1:00** | **Organic 101: Transition to Organic Partnership Project (TOPP)** – *Michele Schahczenski 

(USU Organic Outreach Coordinator)*   

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For more information: Dr. Milena Oliveira  USU Vegetable Production Lab - vegetablesprogram.com  

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