Steps to Protect Your Pecans This Harvest Season
It’s finally here! After spending months caring for and trying to protect your pecan crop, it is almost time to reap your rewards. Most varieties are in the final stages of kernel filling and soon it will be time to start harvesting. It is the time of year when most individuals involved in the pecan...
Read moreMy Summer 2010 Internship with Bill Ree and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Working with Texas IPM agent Bill Ree and Texas AgriLife Extension this summer has been a wonderful learning experience that has given me a lot of insight towards my future. There was a point in my past when I was unclear about the role of Extension agents and I was uncertain that a career path...
Read moreGeorgia’s Fall Field Day Spotlights Fort Valley Farms
Georgia growers were treated to the annual Georgia Pecan Growers Association Fall Field Day on Sept. 9. The Fall Field Day generally alternates every three years to different locations, usually between the Tifton and Byron research orchards and then to a grower’s orchard. Mason Pecan Farm hosted the field day at their orchards in Fort...
Read moreDon’t Stop Irrigation, Yet
Most growers are aware that the most critical time for adequate irrigation in pecans is during kernel filling from mid-August to mid-September. However, the pecan tree’s demand for water does not end when kernel filling is complete. In general, pecans need about 55-60 inches of water per year. Depending on tree spacing and size, orchards...
Read moreShellers Launch Prevalence Study, Focus on Food Safety
The National Pecan Shellers Association has listened and heard over the past few years about the importance and increased emphasis on food safety. Invited speakers at several of NPSA’s recent meetings have focused on this topic. And now NPSA is making a considerable investment in determining precisely the “prevalence of Salmonella in pecans.” NPSA has...
Read moreHurricane Hermine Pecan Shake Down
September crop outlook for Texas looks good, and it is definitely not an “off “year. As the nuts and clusters began to fill out, we could see the crop will be bigger than an average “off” year harvest of 40 million pounds. We had a dry summer for low scab conditions and scattered rain for...
Read moreNPSA Elects Board Members at Annual Meet
The National Pecan Shellers Association re-elected three members and elected three others to serve on the Board of Directors during the NPSA Annual Meeting Sept. 16-18 in Memphis, Tennessee. Jerry Fogle of Golden Kernel Pecan Co., Terri Lynn Schuck of Terri Lynn Inc. and Larry Willson of Sunnyland Farms Inc. were re-elected to new two-year...
Read moreTime For A New Pricing Structure?
As new estimates for the 2010 crop come out and as I observe the crop around my home area, I realize that this will be a fairly large “off” year crop. In addition, walnut production is forecast to be double what it was two years ago and up 17 percent from last year. This tells...
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