September 2025 Marketing Guide
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 2025 crop. Download the Full Marketing Guide for 2025 from our September issue here. This content is only available to members.
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September 2025 Letter from the Editor
Dear Readers, Fall is fast approaching, and harvest season is here! Once again, the pecan industry is gearing up for the hard work ahead: harvesting, selling, cleaning, shelling, and so much more. This will be my first official witness to harvest. Living in central Texas my whole life, I was very aware that with fall...
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Understanding Soil and Root Microbes to Improve Pecan Tree Health
Pecan trees are long-living, deep-rooted giants of the orchard. Their success doesn’t depend only on sunshine, water, and fertilizer—it also relies on an underground community of tiny, invisible partners: microbes. These partners include fungi and bacteria that live in and around the tree’s roots (the “rhizosphere”), helping pecans absorb nutrients and water, withstand stress, and...
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Recently, at the Texas Pecan Growers Conference, I had the privilege of visiting with several producers about regenerative or soil-centric management. During several of these discussions, the same comments came up several times. I heard how many of these producers had stopped or reduced the number of chemical sprays and fertilizer applications they had traditionally...
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Preserving Texas’ Pecan Legacy Part 3—Pressing Forward
The Texas state pecan show is an annual event that has declared a grand champion, best-in-the-state pecan every year since 1950 when the Texas Pecan Growers Association formalized a competitive judging process. It is testimony that “hope springs eternal” in the pecan business! Pecan shows have happened annually because pecan crops are produced every year...
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APPB Hits the Road with a Retail Tailgate Campaign
This fall, the American Pecan Promotion Board is bringing the tailgate to the grocery store parking lot in a bold new retail initiative that celebrates two key seasonal moments: back-to-school and football season. Inspired by the new creative video spot and the golden rule to never grocery shop hungry, the campaign is designed to capture...
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September 2025 Advertisers
American Pecan Promotion Board, 817-916-0020 Bag Supply Company, 800-722-5790 Bergen Ag Innovations, Inc. , +1 432-788-4600 Big Star Hardware Durand-Wayland, 706-882-8161 Eastern Plains Insurance Corp. 1-800-748-2825 Exact Corp, 209-544-8600 Flory Industries, 209-545-1167 Gearmore, 909-548-4848 Georgia Pecan Nursery, 678-428-0244 Gillison’s Variety Fabrication Inc. 231-882-5921 Gulf Coast Bags Holiday Tins, 1-800-644-8856 Huma McIntyre Insurance Agency, Heartland Crop Insurance Modern Electronics and Equipment, 318-872-4764...
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Classifieds
The September 2025 Classifieds features available equipment, property, trees, services, and more from industry members. These classifieds can also be viewed at the back of the September 2025 issue.
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Arizona Pecan Growers Association Conference and Trade Show
The Annual Arizona Pecan Growers Association Conference and Trade Show in Tucson saw strong attendance and featured a range of educational presentations, vendor demonstrations, and networking opportunities for those involved in the pecan industry. Attendees engaged with experts and researchers discussing current trends, pest management, climate impacts, water use, and international production outlooks.
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Understanding Pecan Hurricane Risk
The southeastern U.S. pecan industry is no stranger to hurricanes. These storms have been one of the challenges of growing pecans here since the industry’s inception in the late 1800’s. Each of the Southeastern states have been dealt their own individual blows, and some of them have received many such blows. Hurricane Camille was notoriously...
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