60-day countdown

It is early February and depending on your location you have approximately 60 days until budbreak. By the time you read this you should be deep into those off-season projects for improving and maintaining a good orchard. Skips replanted, drainage improved, pruning and/or hedging well underway, sprayers undergoing maintenance for this summer, soil samples taken,...

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2012 Pecan Calendar for Texas

As pecan growers enter the 2012 pecan year, it is good to outline management practices that may need to be used and develop plans. The 2011 pecan prices were the highest ever paid and growers are excited about the future. The 2011 year was terrible for Texas growers, but good prices helped ease the pain....

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