February is American Heart Month! DID YOU KNOW? Adding just a handful of pecans to your diet each day may help inhibit unwanted oxidation of blood lipids, thus helping prevent coronary heart disease! Pecans help reduce the risk of heart disease because they have an abundance of good heart healthy fats! Pecans contain more than…
According to the University of Georgia pecan specialist Lenny Wells, 2017’s yield was better than last year’s. Overall I would guess (that the yield is) probably 10 to 20 million pounds better than last year, at least, for the state. And prices were as high as we’ve ever seen them.” Read more of the season’s…
Farmers near Albany in southern Georgia were hit very badly during the January tornadoes. Several hundred acres of pecan trees were devastated. Read about the potential impact on pecan supply from Georgia.
Next spring, the University of Georgia will be releasing their newest pecan variety, Avalon. UGA horticultural scientist, Patrick Conner, says it has shown good resistance against scab disease so far. That combination of big size, high quality, and high levels of scab resistance is fairly unique, Conner said. Most highly resistant cultivars are either small…
Have you ever considered incorporating Georgia agriculture into your holiday traditions? We love the idea! Here are some great suggestions published in The Daily Citizen by Brenda Jackson with Murray County Extension.
For Georgia growers, pecan prices are holding firm post Thanksgiving. We were really expecting prices to get soft after Thanksgiving because of the rush of shellers to get nuts into the plants and get everything done by Christmas, says Lawton Pearson of Fort Valley, Ga.-based Pearson Farm. Typically that abates after Thanksgiving. But the market…
Did you know that Georgia leads the nation in pecan production? Enjoy this editorial and learn some enlightening pecan facts!
Georgia could have good pecan crop despite Hurricane Matthew
It’s harvest season for Georgia pecans! If you are planning to store pecans for later use, our friends at Pearson Farm have some great tips on their blog!
A new $4.4 million grant may greatly improve pecan production in the US. The grant was funded by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative through the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. New Mexico State University Research Associate Professor Jennifer Randall submitted the grant application in March. She says: I think this…