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The South Texas Onion Committee has developed www.tx1015.com, a website devoted to South Texas-grown onions.

Rain overstayed its welcome a bit, but not long enough to overshadow the mild, warm weather that favored the coming 2020 Vidalia onion crop of southern Georgia.

Apple industry veteran Scott Michael Hanses, 62, died March 13.

Good news has been a rarity since the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic broke out early this year. But there appears to be a bright spot when it comes to U.S. citrus sales.

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has awarded 310 students more than $1 million through its scholarship program.

The demand for organic has infiltrated the sweet Vidalia onion world — a demand that’s rising incrementally year after year, growers and marketers say.

Neftali Garcia, representing the first generation in his family to attend college, was also a benefactor of the Washington Apple Education Foundation.

Effective July 30, assessment rates for onions handled under the South Texas onion marketing order will decrease from 6.5 cents to five cents per 50-pound unit.

A new estimate projects that the 2020 Washington apple crop will be similar in size to last season.

Vidalia onion grower G&R Farms has hired Jon Dorminey as director of operations.