International Experts Recommend Nuts and Dried Fruits as Part of a Healthy Diet

From October 20-21, 2022, the world’s leading researchers gathered for NUTS 2022 to discuss the current and future of health research on nuts and dried fruits. NUTS 2022 was a historic gathering of the brightest minds in the field of nutrition research on nuts and dried fruits. Twenty-five researchers and professors from universities in Europe,…

The American Pecan Council is a federal marketing order established in November 2016 with oversight by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The purpose of the order is to assist the American pecan industry in the promotion, research, standardization, and consumer information of U.S. pecans. The order provides the pecan industry a means to develop…

NPSA 2022 Annual Meeting The National Pecan Shellers Association hosted its Annual Meeting on Sept. 12-13 in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center. Association members gathered on the first day for the annual Shellers Forum and Pecan Export Trade Council (PETC). On the second day of the meeting, attendees and vendors gathered…

Consumer prices have received significant attention in recent months due largely to inflation observed throughout much of the economy, including food price inflation. In the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the 12-month change in food prices was up 10.9%, the highest year-over-year increase in food prices in almost 50 years (Table 1)….

For the past year or so, Dr. Graham and I have been writing about changes at the Noble Research Institute and the benefits of soil health. Noble’s new central theme, “Land stewardship for improved soil health in grazing animal production with lasting producer profitability,” guides our objective to “Overcome the barriers deterring the lasting use…

The October 2022 Classifieds feature available equipment, property, trees, services, and more from industry members. These classifieds can also be viewed at the back of the October 2022 issue.

Published from September through November, Pecan South‘s Marketing Guide provides a list of pecan buyers from across the industry who are looking to purchase nuts from the 2022 crop. Download the complete 2022 Marketing Guide from our October issue here. Many pecan growers use this guide as a reference when looking for pecan buyers and processors….

Dear Readers, Harvest is in full swing! Growers across Texas, Oklahoma, and most Southeast have started (or are just about to start) shaking trees and bringing in fresh pecans. And with harvest comes…you guessed it—Pecan South’s annual Harvest Photo Contest! For the fifth year, we invite you to enter photos of your orchard, harvest, or…

I’m sure many of you have had the experience of asking a scientist a question, only to feel like you’ve been smacked in the head with a dictionary! Scientists like myself often have a hard time separating themselves from the descriptive language we use with other scientists. Unfortunately, this communication failure often has the side…

Pecan South October 2022 advertisers share their products and services between the pages of this issue. Below, we present a full list of our October 2022 advertisers and their contact information.

Consumers are increasingly concerned about the environmental impacts of food production. In many ways, pecans have more to offer consumers besides a healthy, great-tasting product. Pecans are native to North America. They are a long-lived, perennial crop. Their long lifespan keeps a lot of carbon locked up in the tissues of pecan trees for an…

Tri-Agri Farm Center prepares to host its 2022 Pecan Grower/Harvester Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 p.m. at the Coleman Community Center in Coleman, Oklahoma. Tri-Agri staff and Hamilton family invite growers, harvesters, and anyone who is interested to attend, simply RSVP. The meeting includes LMCAg harvester, Bergen pre-cleaner, and John Deere tractor demonstrations…

Bryan, Texas—The Texas Pecan Board will hold elections Oct. 28, 2022, to elect three board members in adherence to Chapter 41 of the Texas Agriculture Code. The Board was established in 1998 after pecan growers throughout Texas voted into effect a pecan assessment of $0.005 per pound to provide funds for promotion, education, and research….

ATHENS, GA – During the last week of September, pecan growers will receive a survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Information from this survey will be used to forecast pecan production for 2022. “The pecan industry is an important part of U.S. agriculture, especially in southern states, and it…

Agriculture is known as one of the most dangerous industries in America. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), about 100 agricultural workers suffer a lost-work-time injury every day, and in 2019 the agriculture industry had a fatality rate of 19.4 deaths per 100,000 workers. National Farm Safety and Health Week…

Interested in learning more about native pecan production and harvest? Join us for a late afternoon/evening field day under the trees. This family-friendly event is ideal for learning more about pecan production, asking questions, seeing harvest in action, and networking with other growers. The Native Pecan Harvest Field Day will take place on Oct. 13,…

Donald “Don” Paul Mayo, 78, of Live Oak, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Aug. 26, 2022. Don was born Feb. 16, 1944, in El Cajon, California, to Herb and Irene Mayo. Don was living a full life—traveling and enjoying business, family, and his hobbies. He was scheduled for a procedure to replace…

On Aug. 1 and 2, the Texas A&M AgriLife Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, IHA, held its first workshop to engage stakeholders from the food-agriculture value chain. The workshop enabled production agriculture groups to further understand priorities, gaps, and opportunities in precision nutrition, responsive agriculture, and social and behavioral research. Bringing together more than…

Researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering are trying to crack a tough problem: extracting more high-quality kernels from shelled pecans. The team aims to identify the factors and variables controlling kernel extraction and provide solutions for increasing half yields. In the short term, the researchers will look for specific ways to improve…

The American Pecan Council (APC), approved in 2016, and the American Pecan Promotion Board (APPB), approved in 2021, are very similar programs. They both utilize industry assessments for marketing and research purposes. They are both mandated programs regulated by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA. And they are both voted on by growers. However,…

We’ve made it through August, and the state of Texas is still immersed in a terrible drought. Typically, the quickest way out of such a situation is to talk about it, but we have been talking about it for months, and little has happened! Perhaps by the time you read this, the situation will have…

In the West, pecan growers are increasingly using an orchard floor management system where a “mow strip” is maintained in the driving lanes between the tree rows, and a 6- to 8-foot wide vegetation-free strip is kept in the tree row (3 to 4 feet on either side of the row). In conventional orchards, a…

We have made it through a long, hot, dry summer and have reached one of the most important times in a pecan orchard. The nuts have finished sizing, and it is time to start filling the nuts. Water is a crucial component over the next few weeks, not only involved in the nut filling process…

The American Pecan Council and the American Pecan Promotion Board held general meetings on July 27 in Dallas, Texas, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center. With the next fiscal year on the horizon, both meetings focused extensively on the upcoming budget and general housekeeping. The day started with the American Pecan Promotion Board…