{"id":19566,"date":"2023-07-20T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=19566"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:08:07","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-to-advance-agricultural-research-to-strengthen-georgias-onion-industry","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-to-advance-agricultural-research-to-strengthen-georgias-onion-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working to Advance Agricultural Research to Strengthen Georgia\u2019s Onion Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Establishing an Onion Breeder position would ensure that Georgia\u2019s onion growers can contribute to national onion research through the Agricultural Research Service<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Vidalia onions are one of Georgia\u2019s top vegetable industries, with around 12,000 acres planted annually<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014<\/strong>&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to strengthen Georgia\u2019s onion industry and support farmers and growers across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff called on the U.S. Senate\u2019s Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies to appropriate funding to support an onion genetics and breeding expert position at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Vidalia onion is one of Georgia\u2019s greatest agricultural treasures,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff wrote.<\/strong>\u201cContinuing to research and develop new onion varieties will be crucial for the growth of this flagship Georgia crop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2021, the Agricultural Research Service has not hired an in-house onion breeding expert, limiting vital research on onion breeding and genetics. Establishing a new onion breeder position would bring countless benefits to growers across Georgia and nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia\u2019s Vidalia onion growers generate more than $150 million each year, helping boost the state\u2019s economy and delivering Georgia\u2019s state vegetable to millions of Americans in all states.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues to be a champion for Georgia\u2019s onion industry. Earlier this year, he met with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/photos-sen-ossoff-working-to-strengthen-georgias-onion-industry\/\">onion growers<\/a>&nbsp;and inspected production facilities to see the impact that mechanization and automation technologies have on cutting input costs for farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Onion-Genetics-and-Breeding-Expert.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>&nbsp;to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s letter to the Senate\u2019s Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Establishing an Onion Breeder position would ensure that Georgia\u2019s onion growers can contribute to national onion research through the Agricultural Research Service Vidalia onions are one of Georgia\u2019s top vegetable industries, with around 12,000 acres planted annually Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to strengthen Georgia\u2019s onion industry and support farmers and growers [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19566","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19568,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19566\/revisions\/19568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}