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560 acres
Sweet Corn
Sweet
corn is the newest and most labor-intensive crop on the Herndon menu. It takes a
"mule train"of 45 workers on the ground and harvester to pull the ears
from the stalk at the exact day and hour for optimum flavor. After sorting,
stacking and boxing, the corn goes to the Hydro cooler and chilled to 36 degrees
Fahrenheit before shipment in refrigerated trucks up the East Coast and across
the country to the West Coast.
A recent crop was a record-breaker, yielding 400-500 bushels per acre. Sweet corn is planted starting in late February at intervals for harvesting and shipment through the summer.
Herndon Farms has a state of the art Hydro cooler to maintain fresh-from-the-farm crispiness and flavor for all its produce.
L.G. Herndon Jr. Farms, Inc.
Grower & Packers
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1188 Lawson Rd. • Lyons, GA 30436
912-565-7640 • FAX: 912-565-7158