“Our peach crop in Chilton County in a good year is probably worth in the neighborhood of $10 million, and local growers have reported a 30-percent increase in yields as the result of information they got from the meeting. This is a very important meeting for us.”
“We will be updating growers on the number of chill hours (currently 880), as well as labor regulations and new worker protection standard guidelines.”
“I go to almost all of their games and some of their practices. I've got a good relationship with the players and some of the coaches. It's a good environment there.”