Alabama Summer Tour Focuses on Small Pecan Operations
In the beginning of August, the Alabama Summer Tour and Field Day educated and delighted over 60 participants in Fairhope, Alabama. The focus of the tour and field day was “pecan production practices designed for small growers and homeowners.” Participants were shown what is considered to be a smaller orchard and the management practices available...
Read moreNoble Foundation to host workshop on pecan investment
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma, will host a Pecan 101 workshop to show farmers the investment potential of pecans. The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 at Ardmore’s Southern Oklahoma Technology Center. Noble Foundation consultants will detail the fundamental steps of initiating a new pecan enterprise. Participants...
Read moreCalifornia tree nuts and U.S. pecans impacted by Putin’s ban
California tree nuts are likely to feel the impact of a ban on food imports into Russia, one of the actions taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict. The National Pecan Growers Council, under the banner of U.S. Pecans, had planned to participate in the World Food...
Read moreGelato maker enters Texas Pecan Pie flavor in Italian competition
Matthew Lee is going toe-to-toe with about 20 other international gelato makers in early September but, fortunately for the Austin, Texas business owner, he has got a few tricks up his sleeve. Lee opened Teo Espresso, Gelato and Bella Vita 12 years ago in Austin after training in the art of making gelato in Italy....
Read moreAllergy-free cashews could be available soon
Allergy-free nuts are just a few years away, say U.S. scientists. The team of scientists have revealed that they are close to developing a cashew nut that can be eaten by nut allergy sufferers, after discovering how to modify the dangerous proteins which trigger deadly reactions. The study was presented in August at the National...
Read moreWeevil emergence information deserves review by growers By Bill Ree
Every year across Texas there are orchards with pecan weevil that are at risk from late emerging pecan weevil adults. In the graphs that accompany this article one shows the normal emergence pattern of adult pecan weevils when emergence is not impeded by drought-hardened soils and the other shows emergence under drought conditions. Pecan weevils...
Read moreAugust/September pecan tree stress
Our 2014 crop at the A&M orchard looks good and we are scared to death something will go wrong. August and September is stress management time. We are trying to manage the trees to reduce stress because we have to fill the kernels; we have to have a return crop next spring; we have to...
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Avoid late-season flooding
The pecan scientific community has collectively and rightfully stressed the importance of late-season irrigation. Larry Stein, Jody Worthington, George Ray McEachern in Texas and scientists in other states contributed to our modern understanding of the necessity of late-season irrigation to improve pecan kernel quality and reduce stress disorders like shuck decline and stick-tights. Darrell Spark’s...
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Review of Bunch Disease in Pecan
During the Oklahoma Pecan Growers’ orchard tour during the last conference, we looked at several pecan trees that exhibited signs of bunch disease. Producers asked several questions about this disease during the field tour and I have received several questions since. There is not a significant amount of information regarding bunch disease in pecan. The...
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