May 2020

Pecans Included in USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released details on May 19 on its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Farmers and ranchers can also receive support through the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program, through which the...

Classifieds for May 2020 Issue

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Hickory Shuckworm: An Almost Season-long Pest of Pecan

Despite it being a major pest of pecan, the hickory shuckworm has had less research done on it in the U.S. over the last 20 years than other major pests, including the pecan weevil, aphids, pecan nut casebearer, and stink bugs. Bill Ree, a retired Texas A&M AgriLife IPM specialist, made a similar comment five...

Letter from the Editor: Don’t Forget to Care for Yourself

Dear Readers, My new coworkers are rather interesting. There are two of them, and they often spend their mornings barking at anything and everything that they spy outside—people returning from their one walk for the day, birds diving down from the rooftop, or the solitary food delivery guy who hurries along with packages and wears...

The Story Behind Pecan Zinc Management

Pecan cells and tissue do not elongate or increase in length without zinc. For unknown reasons, pecan tree roots have difficulty in absorbing zinc from the soil, all soils, but especially high pH soils. Pecans growing in high pH soils are dwarfed and never grow to their full potential without foliar zinc sprays. Forty years...

Your Pecan Tree’s Piggy Bank & Water Budgeting

As we move into the 2020 growing season, we should take some time to discuss how to know when to irrigate and how to know how much water to apply—irrigation scheduling. There are several different methods that growers can use to schedule irrigations, some better than others. Some producers may prefer the completely non-scientific approaches,...

Industry Update from Capitol Hill

Federal COVID-19 Relief Actions The U.S. Congress reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic by passing three stimulus bills. Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 Families First Coronavirus Response Act Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) Although the first two COVID-19 stimulus bills included items that impacted pecans as far as nutrition...

Catch Up on the National Marketing Campaign, Q&A with the APC

The American Pecan Council launched the first-ever consumer brand for American Pecans in April of 2018. Marketing Committee members from each growing region—Lalo Medina, Phillip Arnold, and Trent Mason—sat down to discuss successes to date and how marketing efforts have evolved. Q: What are some of the big accomplishments so far? Phillip Arnold: It’s hard...

Whole Wheat Pecan Banana Muffins

Whole Wheat Pecan Banana Muffins From Julie Fagan, Peanut Butter Fingers Total time: 28 minutes Ingredients 3/4 cup whole wheat our 1/2 cup old fashioned oats 2 tbsp. ground ax seeds 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1/4 tsp. salt 1 egg 3 tbsp. maple syrup 2 1/2 tbsp. MCT oil...

Protecting Our Crop, Protecting Our Fungicides

As I sit down to write this article, we are firmly in the “stay-at-home” or “shelter-in-place” directives, depending on the state in which you reside. So, pecan orchard visits have been limited, but I still receive plenty of texted photographs, phone calls, and emails as we enter a new pecan season. Many of those messages...

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