Building Pecan Weevil Traps
Pecan weevil is the number one pest of native pecan growers. Knowing when to spray for this pest is critical for achieving economic control of a weevil population. To help make weevil spray-date decisions, we have been using trunk mounted ‘Circle’ traps. When placed on known “weevil trees”, these traps are very effective for monitoring...
Read moreUSDA Tags 2014 Pecan Crop at 264 Million Pounds
USDA released its final report on production and prices regarding the 2014 pecan crop on July 17 (see chart to the left). This report is slightly lower than the previous report released in January, by just over 1 million pounds. Approximately 6 million pounds of production was shifted from the native/seedling category to the improved...
Read morePecan Laws
As pecan growers, our lives, jobs and future are all impacted by laws, either civil or common. Comments here are not published as fact or law, but rather for consideration. Alternate Bearing Law of 1528: Cabeza de Vaca established that pecan trees bear every other year. A big crop is followed by a low crop...
Read moreDon’t Underestimate Value of Airflow, Elevation in Scab Management
Fungicides do most of the heavy lifting regarding scab control and we often tend to focus all of our attention on fungicide selection when battling scab. But, there are many more factors that go into protecting a crop from disease. Coverage, for example, is vitally important. If you don’t cover the nuts with fungicide, you...
Read moreTPGA Offers Ideas for Business, Crop Management
Agricultural producers are faced with an increasing demand for “reporting” all kinds of information, a demand that is going to grow and grow, according to Ben Allen of Agri-Data®. And that is not something “you can do simply on paper,” he emphasized. “Consumer demands for food system transparency are creating a level of complexity in...
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Hickory Shuckworm – Don’t Let This be a Forgotten Pest
For many years now it seems that there has been very little work or published articles (at least that I am aware of) on hickory shuckworm, Cydia carana. For me, shuckworm is still sort of a mystery and our Extension management recommendations have been based on the fact that there was a problem the previous...
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