Texas Pecan Board schedules election for 3 at-large slots
The Texas Pecan Board will hold elections in August to elect 3 board members where current members’ terms are expiring. The Board was established in 1998 after pecan growers throughout Texas voted into effect a one-half-cent-per-pound pecan assessment to provide funds for promotion and research. Nine pecan producers serve on the board. Board members whose...
Read moreBrownwood breeding station loses Ellis Brown
Ellis Jack Brown, age 79, of Brownwood passed away June 13, 2014 at his residence. He was one of the key employees at the USDA Pecan Field Station in Brownwood, Texas, for many years. Ellis was born Jan. 9, 1935 to Lattie and Alma (Sikes) Brown in Richland Springs, Texas. Working alongside his father at...
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Seoul food show suggests promising pecan market in South Korea
The National Pecan Growers Council sent 4 representatives to the Seoul Food and Hotel show in Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea) from May 9-17. Rosemary Alexander from the Georgia Pecan Growers Association and Blair Krebs from the Texas Pecan Growers Association were team leaders on the mission and were joined by 2 industry representatives,...
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Exercise caution with weed, brush control
Unexpected rains have been nice across much of the state; that, coupled with a very heavy bloom in native pecan bottoms, is cause for optimism even though a late freeze greatly reduced the crop load in some areas. However, pecan nut casebearer has been quite low to non-existent in many areas. So theoretically we should...
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Walnut caterpillars active in some TX counties; know the signs
Every year there are isolated reports of walnut caterpillar (Datana integerrima) activity in Texas and so far this year I have received reports from Fort Bend and San Saba counties. Today I traveled to Richmond, Texas in Fort Bend County where there has been significant defoliation of natives and improved cultivars from the first generation....
Read morePercent weevil damage related to native nut density
Previously, I reported that pecan weevil, Curculio caryae (Horn) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), growth rates were correlated with a density dependent factor, pecan nuts per adult female weevil (Mount 2013). This relationship suggested that nuts per female weevil would also be related to larval infestations in nuts. Thus, I used nut density data from the previous report,...
Read morePecan Records and Pesticides
I hate to keep records; I would rather go to the orchard and do something rather than record data. However, every night I log all the significant pecan activity in my desk diary and have been doing so for many years. The information though seemingly unimportant at the time could be valuable in the future....
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