The Packer is running a story today on this year’s Vidalia onion harvest and the impacts of the recent rainy weather on the crop.
In the story they describe conflicting reports on the state of the onion crop due to the weather. The USDA is reporting that recent rains “curtailed harvest” and contributed to some crop losses by setting up prime conditions for downy mildew, seed stems and double bulbs for organic and conventional Vidalias. However, some onion specialists in the Vidalia area say that the damage they have seen from rain is much less than reported. You can read the story at https://www.thepacker.com/news/growers-say-vidalia-onions-better-usda-suggests.
