<p>Hendrix Produce is looking forward to 2014 as ‘a new beginning’ with a firm starting date in Vidalia and enhancements to its sweet onion program. Currently the company is winding down harvest in Peru on its short-day, Granex-type sweet onions and should have all remaining supplies stateside just after the first of the year. Beginning late January, Hendrix will begin harvest in Mexico with Texas behind that, in early March. The company’s flagship program – the Vidalia® deal – will start up in late April with shipping officially beginning Monday, April 21 for this coming season.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Johnny White, Director of Sales, tells AndNowUKnow, “We’re fortunate that one of our loyal retail customers has just completed a merger and even acquired additional stores. To prepare for the additional demand we’re looking at a slight increase in acreage and finding ways to increase pack-out.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The company also has new and improved processes and equipment – both in the field and the packing shed - that will help to reduce cull rates and increase marketable yield. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“We are also expanding our red, white and organic Vidalia® programs, due to demand stemming from recent successes,” White tells us.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“In regards to the import deal, especially as it relates to Peru, we’ve had some higher temperatures during maturation that has caused some smaller sizing and affecting yield. Overall marketable yield has been even more affected really, with increased disease pressure this year,” White notes. “Turning to Vidalia, we’re right in the middle of our transplanting window. While we are not necessarily behind at this point, we’ve recently struggled with getting plants in the ground in a timely manner; this due to intermittent – albeit relatively light – rains back in late November and early December.”</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://hendrixproduce.com/products.html" target="_new"> Hendrix Produce </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
