
SIAL China 2017 in Photos
For the fifth year, U.S. Pecans attended the annual SIAL China Food Show in Shanghai, China. (From left to right) Blair Krebs, Matthew Langford from Diamond Foods and Executive Director Janice Dees worked U.S. Pecans’ booth at the show. The group promotes U.S. pecans to Chinese consumers and buyers. A total of eight pecan companies attended...
Read morePecan Challenges and Opportunities—and Those Who Can Solve Them
A couple of months ago a long-time friend said the 2016 pecan harvest and market was the best in history. Wow, that is saying a lot. Can pecan prices remain high and when will the supply catch up with the demand? So what is the future? What is going to be our major issues and...
Read moreADM Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts Facilities Receive Highest BRC Quality Rating
Five of Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts’ facilities received an AA rating—the highest quality and safety rating—from the British Retail Consortium’s Global Standard for Food Safety on June 8. In response to the news, Greg Mills president of Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts said: “Over the last year, as part of our continued focus on...
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American Pecan Council Immerses PR Team in Everything Pecan
It was dubbed “immersion tour” and structured to give a cadre of public relations specialists a feel for multiple facets of the pecan industry. The American Pecan Council brought its newly engaged team from the Weber Shandwick agency to New Mexico and West Texas on June 5 and 6 to introduce them to the world...
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Second Generation Pecan Nut Casebearer: To Treat or Not to Treat?
I believe that almost everyone who is involved in pecan production knows about the importance of pecan nut casebearer management and if not they should. In most years, the first generation of casebearers needs insecticide application to prevent an economic loss caused by the start of its activity. Nutlets are small and one larva can...
Read moreCrop or Not, Make Your Native Timbre Happier and Healthier
It is hard to believe we are already in the middle of another growing season. Just as they always are, this year has been anything but normal. First, there was the protracted bud break period due to the lack of adequate chilling hours. We had a couple of Arctic Express cold fronts this past winter,...
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An Unusual Insect: Just a Pest, Not a Threat
There is always “firsts” in the business of Cooperative Extension duties. First time seeing this. first time dealing with that. Back in early to mid-May, just after most catkins were dried up and the pecan female flower pollinated, I experienced a “first” while making farm visits with a certified Pest Control Advisor (PCA) and Certified...
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Fourth of July Treats
The only indigenous nut to the United States, the pecan has had a long history in our great country. Native Americans were the first to cultivate and eat the pecan, and later, our founding fathers picked up on that tradition. Thomas Jefferson grew acres of pecan trees and inspired George Washington to do the same. Here...
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OPGA Conference Breakdown
The Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association packed much more than pecan production updates into its one-day educational program June 2 in Ardmore. Weather outlooks, farm transition/succession planning, and pecan tree and revenue insurance programs were spotlighted as well as some typical pest management and production topics. Al Sutherland presented an optimistic the weather outlook for the...
Read moreNew Name, Same Services
Earlier this year, the Noble Board of Trustees elected to separate the activities of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, and that transition began on May 1, 2017. The organization’s research, education and consultation activities will remain with our existing entity but will continue forward with a new name: Noble Research Institute, LLC. The new name...

So Far, So Good, but Summer Isn’t Over
We have reached the midpoint of the pecan growing season, and despite some unusual growing conditions, we appear to still have a good crop of nuts on trees in Louisiana. Looking back over the last few months, several articles were written outlining all of the possible adverse responses the pecan trees may have due to...
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