Georgia’s signature sweet onions may be a little smaller and a little more expensive this year.

Vidalia onions were scheduled to begin shipping  yesterday on April 19, arriving in stores in the following days. Cooler-than-normal weather has stunted onion growth, meaning the average onion may only be 3 inches around instead of 4 inches.

Aries Haygood, the chairman of the Vidalia Onion Committee, said there will be plenty of Georgia-grown onions. But he said prices may be a little higher because sweet onion farmers in Texas were hit hard by a winter storm there.

GNN / Compiled Sources