Dry weather and pecan scab fungal disease reduce harvest quality and quantity for many Mississippi orchard operators.

Lots of folks want to know how to get their pecan tree to produce a crop each year. Unfortunately, it’s not practical or even realistic. Afterall, commercially produced pecans are mostly grown in ...

While most Mississippi pecan producers are reporting fair to good crops, dry summer weather and disease reduced harvest at some orchards. “It appears to be somewhat of a mixed bag,” said Eric Stafne, ...

There’s nothing quite like pecans. With their rich, buttery flavor, these nuts are a staple of Louisiana culture and cuisine. If you’d like to produce your own pecans, November through March is an ...

Waco’s red oak trees this fall are dropping limbs, while pecan trees are splattering cars with sap, and hackberry trees are losing their leaves to very hungry caterpillars. Some trees are dying after ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - With everchanging weather conditions and seasons, farmers and agriculturists are looking for the future to make more and more resilient flora. WALB’s Jim Wallace sat down with a ...

Certain regions in Mexico have lost up to 40% of their pecan harvests to a condition that causes nuts to germinate prematurely on trees. The disorder, known as vivipary, renders pecans inedible and ...

Pecan season is here. Pecan trees are native to Arkansas, and their nuts are a welcome sign of fall. While many people would like to have them as a shade tree with benefits -- to produce large, ...

Pecan trees are shaking and shimmying as growers harvest pecans in Missouri, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Michele Warmund. During harvest, mechanical shakers are clamped around ...

A friend of mine asked me why he would have pecans for some years and none other times. Harvesting pecans can be a challenge for those who live in our area. My family farm had four gigantic trees ...

Most of Mississippi’s pecan producers are reporting fair to good crops for 2025, but the dry summer weather and disease ...