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  • Save the date! Please save Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 12:00 noon on your calendars for the 2017 Vidalia Onion Production Meeting.  This will be our annual onion update with a sponsored lunch.  Agenda: New Center Rot Management discoveries Fungicide Rotations and what works best Onion Flavor Analysis from local packing sheds Multi-year data for…

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  • We are getting calls about pecans falling on the ground.  This is something we see every year, and there’s not much you can do about it.  Some varieties are more prone to it than others.  We’ve had several calls about Sumners dropping nuts this year.  Check out Lenny Wells post below about pecans falling. If…

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  • The UGA Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center is hosting a “Tomato Field Day” next week.  Please see the flyer below for details.

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  • Pecan Update

    Here’s 2 recent pecan updates from Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist, about Stuart trees and Late Pruning The Problem with Late Stuarts If you have spent any time in pecan orchards in Georgia over the last couple of weeks you have noticed budbreak progressing on most varieties with one particularly notable exception. At this point…

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  • Chatel Farms, located in Reidsville, is having an open house event next week on Friday, April 21st.  They are building a new feeding facility for the Southeast and everyone is invited.  They ask that everyone please RSVP at www.chatelfarmsopenhouse.eventbrite.com. Please see the flyer and agenda below.

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