Pecan harvest 2014
Harvest time is here, I hope we are ready. The Texas A&M orchard ‘Pawnees’ should be ready for harvest on Sept. 27 if all goes well. We have about 1 percent of the shucks open with total separation of the nut with a totally brown shell. A few nuts are 95 percent filled because some...
Read moreMarketing for the small pecan grower
Over the past few years, the U.S. pecan industry has seen continual growth and strengthening in the export market. Some credit has to be attributed to USDA programs that support American producers and businesses. Specialty Crop research grants and state Block Grants, crop insurance, and Foreign Agricultural Service marketing programs have all helped to strengthen...
Read morePecan cultivar recommendations for the Southeast—2014-2015 update
While two consecutive rainy seasons with much higher than normal incidence of scab have made it difficult for growers, the increased scab has provided an opportunity for better evaluation of pecan selections for resistance to this devastating disease. Our expansion of cultivar evaluations beyond multiple locations in Alabama into the center of the major commercial...
Read moreThird generation pecan nut casebearer can cause significant late season damage
Every season about this time I have at least a few producers contact me to comment on the severity of damage they are experiencing by third generation pecan nut casebearer. I’ll be the first to admit here that as far as management, this is a generation that we have not paid much attention to. It...
Read moreAPB hosts second session to discuss pecan marketing order
The American Pecan Board hosted another round of informational sessions on Sept. 3, this time in Tifton, Georgia. Southeastern growers and buyers were invited to participate in the conversational exchange with APB representatives as well as USDA personnel, for the purpose of exploring a federal marketing order for pecans. This was the second of at...
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