Marketing Order Vote Underway
Anticipating there would be news to report on the effort to implement a Federal Marketing Order for pecans, American Pecan Board President Mike Adams was featured on two recent regional pecan conference agendas. Speaking at both the Southeastern Pecan Growers conference and the Western Pecan Growers conference, Adams suggested that a “new day is dawning”...
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WPGA Hosts 50th Annual Conference
Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gary Woodward, from USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs division in Washington DC, led off the Western Pecan Growers Association’s 50th annual conference and trade show on March 7 with comments on several issues of interest to the pecan industry. “There are two issues before you that will impact your industry...
Read moreDallas broker Nick Sachs passes away at age 82
Nathan “Nick” Sachs, long-time nut broker based in Dallas, Texas, passed away on March 7, at age 82. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota Oct. 29, 1933. He was brought into the peanut business as his father, Sol Sachs, was a leading peanut processor based in the Midwest. He began hand shelling and bagging nuts to sell...
Read moreRain, Rain, Go Away. Come Again Another Day!
As I sit down to write this article, the weather has been a dominant story in the news. A large, very slow moving dip in the jet stream crawled across Mexico, resulting in tropical moisture streaming across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi for several days. A large portion of this area received 1.5 to 2...
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U.S. Pecans Make Progress in Middle East
After many hours of travel, the U.S. Pecan team landed with cowboy hats in hand and ready to market pecans at the Gulfood Trade Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Well, only some of us had a cowboy hat, but the team was loaded with information about pecans to share with people from all...
Read moreRapid Pecan Establishment
Planting pecan trees is not an easy task. In anticipation of a beautiful mature orchard, one can hope for the best but end up with dead trees or trees that refuse to grow. This idea is not original—Professor Fred Brison called planting pecans, “a rendezvous with death”. During the last five years we have established 14...
Read moreThe Annual Challenge of Managing Water in Pecans
I recently had the honor and privilege—probably the right term is challenge—to expound on pecan water requirements in a court of law. Those of you who practice that profession and/or those of you who have done that sort of thing in the past know exactly what I am talking about. The real question is where...
Read moreWater Management in Pecans is Annual Challenge
I recently had the honor and privilege — probably the right term is challenge — to expound on pecan water requirements in a court of law. Those of you who practice that profession and/or those of you who have done that sort of thing in the past know exactly what I am talking about. The...
Read moreCentral Texas Shortcourse Provides Chance for Three CEUs
The Central Texas Pecan Shortcourse is set for April 7 at the First United Methodist Church in Goldthwaite. The half-day event offers three CEUs to inviduals with a private pesticide applicator license. Cost for the program is $25 and includes lunch. A RSVP is requested by April 1. Call the Mills County Extension Office at...
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SEPGA Program Provides Updates on Industry Issues
A major topic of conversation at recent regional pecan grower conferences was the proposed Federal Marketing Order for pecans, covered elsewhere in this issue. But there was more news to report to the industry and Charles Rohla of Oklahoma’s Noble Foundation led off the agenda at the Southeastern Pecan Growers convention in Florida with some...
Read moreTime to Prepare for Pecan Nut Casebearer…Again
At the time of this writing in early March, it is hard to believe that another season is just around the corner; but ready or not, the 2016 season is fast approaching. As we approach the beginning of this new season I want to remind producers that it will soon be time to start ordering...
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