WMAZ-TV out of Macon, GA recently featured our own Aries Haygood. Aries shares the challenges all Vidalia farmers experienced growing the 2025 crop of Vidalia onions (floods, hurricane, snow). Embed of the video is below: Link to the story is here: https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/georgias-prized-vegetable-arrives-on-shelves-farmers-celebrate-resilience-after-weather-woes/93-13aa8ee1-f790-493a-bc7a-b262ef76b10b Read More
We were honored to host the Vidalia Onion Queens in one of our onion fields for their annual photo shoot by Evan Riekhof. These girls are just as sweet as our onions. Read More
Over on our YouTube Channel, Aries checks in on our pivots that water our Vidalia onion crop. He inspects the overall operation, and shares how our pivots contribute to our crop each year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbDT16DnnIRead More
WTOC-TV of Savannah recently visited us to cover the recent snow & cold weather we experienced. The entire Vidalia growing community has experienced a challenging grow period this season (hurricane, flooding, freeze & snow), and Aries gives his perspective of what it's been like. View story here: https://www.wtoc.com/2025/01/27/local-farmers-assess-damage-following-winter-weather/ Thank …Read More
Our farm owner, Aries Haygood, was invited to speak at the 2025 Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference held in Savannah, GA. Aries shared his experience using a new piece of technology, the Ecorobotix precision sprayer, which enables us to save money by applying less product on our …Read More
Image update from the field on November 13th, 2024. Portions of the seed beds are recovering post-Hurricane Helene. It's still difficult to estimate the percentage we lost, or the percentage which are growth-stunted due to the excessive winds we experienced (over 100mph), but Aries is anticipating 40% …Read More
Aries provides an update on the impact of Hurricane Helene after it passed through the Vidalia region in late September 2024. The high winds (in excess of 100MPH) negatively impacted the stalks of our seed beds. Watch below as Aries explains how this type of weather event …Read More
Aries + A&M Farms was recently featured in the publication Vegetable Growers News regarding our trial run of a laser weeding system that zaps weeds in the soil to help promote a healthy Vidalia onion crop, and also allow us to focus on regenerative farming methods. Here's a …Read More
Our 2024 shipping season is now over. A warm thanks to all our new & returning customers for your patronage this season. Your support over the years has been a true blessing. We begin planting the 2025 Vidalia crop soon! Follow & subscribe to our YouTube channel …Read More
There are lots of ways to store Vidalia onions to extend their shelf-life (once they arrive in your kitchen). Over the years, I've grown accustomed to one certain method - not just because of the consistent results, but because it applies to any region within the USA …Read More
