California pear growers voted overwhelmingly in favor of continuing their marketing order.

In a recent grower referendum conducted by the California Department of Food & Agriculture, 95.24 percent of the voters representing 97.35 percent of the volume voted in favor of continuation, meaning the California Pear Advisory Board will remain in operation for at least another five years.

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Winter weather was tremendous for Vidalia onion growers and the result is an early start to the season and one of the industry's more promising crops in years.

"I don't think we had a winter this year," Richard Pazderski, director of sales for Bland Farms LLC in Glennville, GA, quipped in early March.