APPB Mails Out Ballots for Nominations

Western producers, central producers, and importers—please check your mailboxes in the coming days, ballots are on their way. In the mail, you will receive voting instructions, eligibility requirements, and a ballot with the nominees listed. Please read the voting directions carefully and submit your completed and signed ballot in the enclosed envelope. To be valid, the ballot must be signed and postmarked, emailed, or delivered to the American Pecan Promotion Board listed below by May 19, 2023.

American Pecan Promotion Board
3880 Hulen St. Suite 650
Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Important items to note:

• Voting Period:
  • April 21 through May 19, 2023
• Voter Eligibility:
  • Importers: Individual importers of record who have paid assessments to the board in the most recent fiscal period and imported more than 50,000 pounds of inshell pecans (25,000 pounds of shelled pecans) on average for four fiscal periods (the fiscal period for which nominations are being conducted and the previous three fiscal periods) will receive a ballot to vote.
  • Producers: Producers who have paid their assessments to the Board in the most recent fiscal period by their first handler and who produced more than 50,000 pounds of inshell pecans (25,000 pounds of shelled pecans) on average for four fiscal periods (the fiscal period for which nominations are being conducted and the previous three fiscal periods). Producers may only vote in the region in which they produce the majority of their pecans.

If you have not received a ballot and feel as though you are eligible, please contact your first handler and the American Pecan Promotion Board Office immediately at info@eatpecans.com or 817-985-3034.