USDA announces over $243 million in grants awarded to specialty crops
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Oct. 28 an investment of more than $243 million in grants to support specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and nursery crops through two USDA programs—the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and the Specialty Crop Research Initiative grants program. USDA is investing $169.9 million through the...
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South Georgia Pecan Co. agrees to process FICO pecans
SAHUARITA, Ariz.—Farmers Investment Co (FICO) and South Georgia Pecan Company announced on Sept. 9 that they have entered into an agreement for FICO to sell its inshell pecans to South Georgia Pecan for processing. This agreement comes after FICO announced it is closing its pecan processing operations effective December 31, 2021. FICO will continue to...
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2021 Crop Estimates
Here are the 2021 crop estimates as predicted at the Texas Pecan Growers Conference, National Pecan Shellers Association annual meeting, and the USDA NASS Crop Production report, which shows utilized production for the 2020 crop. Please note that the USDA released its annual production report for 2020 in May and only publishes data for the...
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American Pecans in China — a growing history
Building on our domestic success From the start of our Federal Marketing Order, the American Pecan Council has been working to grow domestic awareness and support to increase demand for American Pecans, including the official consumer-facing brand, American Pecans, which successfully launched in spring 2018. From our brand launch pop-up shop in New York City...
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The importance of pecan rootstocks for semi-arid regions
Why are rootstocks necessary in pecan? The answer to this question is that they actually aren’t necessary at all. Pecan trees can be grown from seed and planted without grafting. Without grafting you don’t have a rootstock per se. The catch, though, with ungrafted seedling pecan trees is you don’t know exactly what you’re going...
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Pecan weevils’ local movement in an orchard
Pecan weevils are sustained solely by the energy derived from their host, i.e., pecan and hickory nuts, so we should expect them to be experts in finding nuts. To begin to find nuts, adult weevils must move to the host tree canopy (after emerging from the soil) by flying or crawling. Those that take flight...
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September 2021 Advertisers
Pecan South September 2021 advertisers share their products and services between the pages of this issue. Below, we present a full list of our September 2021 advertisers and their contact information.
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2021 Marketing Guide —September issue
Published from September through November, Pecan South‘s Marketing Guide provides a list of pecan buyers from across the industry who are looking to purchase nuts from the 2021 crop.
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September 2021 Classifieds
The September 2021 Classifieds feature available equipment, property, trees, services, and more from industry members. These classifieds can also be viewed at the back of the September 2021 issue.
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Insight into alternate bearing — do carbohydrates drive it?
The alternate bearing of pecan shows a symptom of irregular fruiting habit with one heavy crop followed by one or more years of poor production. The alternate bearing (one ‘on’ year, one ‘off’ year) trait in pecan is also sometimes referred to as “masting” (one ‘on’ year followed by two or more ‘off’ years), which...
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Letter from the Editor: The Pecan Newsletter is back
Dear Readers, Harvest is here. Once again, the pecan industry prepares to face this challenge head-on. Some growers in the central and southeastern regions will begin shaking trees and collecting early varieties in the next few weeks. Other producers, like those in the West, still have a while to go before they can harvest their...
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Don’t trip near the finish line
The Olympic Games come into our lives every four years, bringing stories of triumph and heartbreak. I’m always impressed with the dedication of talented athletes who set aside living a normal life, sacrificing socially and financially for the chance to win a medal and have their names etched in history’s record books. While some achieve...
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