American Pecan Promotion Board Call For Nominees

The nomination period is open until Feb. 16, 2024. APPB is seeking nominees for the following seats: Three producer seats representing the Central Region and two importer seats. The Central Region consists of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, plus any U.S. state with the majority of its land mass in the Central Time Zone.

The board is made up of 17 industry members including 10 producers and seven importers. To serve on the board, producers and importers must have produced or imported more than 50,000 pounds of inshell pecans (25,000 pounds of shelled pecans), on average, for four fiscal periods. Producers who produce pecans in more than one region may seek nomination only in the region in which they produce the majority of their pecans. Please reach out to APPB by calling (817) 985-3034 or emailing industry@eatpecans.com to receive a nomination form, or download it here.