Pecan Harvest 2015 at Texas A&M
We have completed harvesting, processing and retailing 60 percent of our 2015 pecan crop at the Texas A&M Orchard. Our current 2015 crop was a surprise. In the November 2014 Pecan South, we reported an outstanding very large 2014 crop and suggested a sizable 2015 crop would be unlikely. However, this year’s crop was even...
Read moreC-hican-ery
While I write this, we are in the midst of an election. Never-ending political ads blur the television screen and radio waves. Ceaseless mud-slinging and overt bashing of opponents is seemingly the only way races are played out in the public these days. It’s enough to make your eyes and ears bleed. Yes, 2014 is...
Read moreChairman-Elect Conaway sets Senior House Agriculture Committee staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11), who was selected on Nov. 18 to be the next Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the appointment of key senior staff to lead the Committee in the 114th Congress: “A team of seasoned professionals will be at the helm of the Agriculture Committee Staff next...
Read morePecan Weevil Distribution in Texas and the Texas Administrative Code
With a recent question on pecan weevil, shipping of pecans within Texas and the pecan weevil quarantine, I thought this would be a good time to run my somewhat annual request for any possible new pecan weevil infestations in Texas. The pecan weevil is one of the major nut pests of pecan and, because of...
Read moreU.S. Pecans Participates in SIAL Paris Trade Show
U.S. Pecans was represented at SIAL Paris in France, Oct. 19-24, by project leaders Rosemary Alexander of National Pecan Growers Council and Heather Salopek, Marketing Specialist of U.S. Pecans, Helen Watts of Young Pecan, Drew Haas of San Saba Pecan and Slade Ellis of Ellis Bros. Pecans. The pecan industry was also represented by Green...
Read more
Report from FHC Trade Show: China market beginning to show interest in nutmeats
The National Pecan Growers Council continued its export promotions Nov. 12-14 at the FHC (Food and Hospitality China) show in Shanghai. The following report was written by NPGC’s Heather Salopek. The U.S. Pecans 18-square-meter booth was located in Hall 7 of the USA pavilion at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai, China. The...
Read morePecan Newsletter Offers Harvest, Price Updates
Editor’s note: The Pecan Newsletter is a publication owned and published by Pecan South magazine. The report below was issued on Dec. 12. For information on subscribing to the weekly update, contact pecansouth@tpga.org. SOUTHEAST — The Southeast is on the downhill side of harvest with many growers having already finished harvest or planning on wrapping...
Read morePecan Quality and Price
Way back in November 1969, Bluefford Handcock and I judged the Menard County Pecan Show with Duncan Wilson and Sam Kuykendall. After the show, Duncan gave Bluefford a free deer hunt on the ranch, but he did not get his big buck that day. Mr. Hancock feels the sights were off on Duncan’s rifle. The...
Read more
How many pounds per acre should you really expect?
Lake Wobegone is the mythical hometown that radio personality Garrison Keillor describes in his popular public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. It is a place, he states, “where all the children are better than average”. While Keillor intends satire in that statement, many pecan growers, in all seriousness, plan on all their plantings to...
Read more
Texas Pecan Board showcases pecans in Texas Co-Op’s holiday contest
Again in 2014 the Texas Pecan Board sponsored Texas Co-Op Power magazine’s holiday recipe contest resulting in enthusiastic response from consumers and great exposure for Texas pecans. The winning recipe, Ultimate Chocolate Pecan Pie, was featured on the cover of the magazine’s December issue (see photo) and the other winning entries appeared within the magazine....
Read moreMom’s recipe – as relished and shared by Marvin Harris
Almost 30 years ago, The Pecan Press newspaper published by Texas Pecan Growers Association utilized a home economist for a regular column and she began collecting recipes for a pecan cookbook, which alas never materialized. However, one of the recipes in the file recently brought some chuckles to the Pecan South staff. So, here is...
Read more