April 15 will be meaningful for at least two reasons next month. It’s not only the deadline day for filing tax returns, but it’s also the day the state’s Vidalia onions officially start shipment.
The crop’s yield last year suffered from higher-than-normal temperatures during the growing season, which caused smaller onion sizes, and the downy mildew disease. The mildew affected an estimated 20 percent of acreage in the 20-county south Georgia growing area.
The result of last year’s problems was a crop that produced one-third less onions than the year before and one that left many storage facilities unfilled.
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