BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Alabama pecan growers saw prospects for a good year plucked from them when Tropical Storm Isaac blew through their trees in late August. But the problems state pecan growers have ...

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NEW ORLEANS -- This year's pecan crop in Louisiana is shaping up to be about one-third of last year's. Nothing's gone wrong; that's just how pecans roll. Small crops follow big ones, and last year's ...

On October 2006, at a global food trade show in Paris, several representatives from the U.S. pecan industry found themselves pursuing something of a fool’s errand. They were seeking a European market ...

With the ongoing pandemic, more at-home cooking activity and consumer interest in healthy snacking on the rise, pecans have continued to grow in popularity as both a holiday and everyday food. “Pecans ...

Walking into Valley View Pecan Company, the smell of fresh-cracked pecans and homemade candies evoke a scrumdiddlyumptious thought of what it would be like to enter Willy Wonka’s candy factory.

The Jefferson County Extension Homemakers are selling fresh 2018 shelled pecans and peanuts during its annual fundraiser. “This is the association’s only fundraiser and it provides funding for ...

The rich and buttery goodness of pecans makes for an indulgent ingredient in sweet treats, or as a garnish. At least that’s where pecans traditionally land—in pecan pie and on sticky buns. But maybe ...

Any self-respecting Southerner eats pecans, especially around the holiday season. You might not go to the trouble of shelling them, which is tedious considering the time it takes to dig the pieces out ...

George Martin and Marty Harrell used to be friends. They live 800 miles apart but swim in the same professional circles, the former heading Corsicana-based Navarro Pecan Company, one of the world’s ...

The Good Book tells us that the last shall be first. And that, in a nutshell, is the story of the pecan. With a harvest season that runs from October to December, the pecan is the last commercially ...

My yard has five pecan trees. I’m lucky. Or cursed, depending on how you look at it. Lucky because processed store-bought pecans are a mealy travesty, and expensive. They bear little resemblance to ...