Environmental
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This has been about as dry a fall as we have ever seen. Normally, after shaking this time of year, we don’t worry too much about water. Trees are dormant or nearly dormant and irrigation systems in Georgia have been turned off until spring. Many of them have already been winterized. But, with subsoil moisture…
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We have nearly reached November and so far, the pecan harvest has been disappointing for most producers. The issues (light loads, pops, and stick-tights) we were seeing for early varieties like Pawnee, Creek, and Oconee have continued into our mid season and later varieties. Most growers are reporting a lot of B grade nuts blown…
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The pecan harvest season is underway and so far, the Pawnee harvest has been light . Even where trees appeared to have a good crop load, the wagons are weighing light with a fair amount of stick-tights and pops blowing out at the cleaning plants. This has been a common occurrence throughout much of Georgia.…
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Georgia has been inundated with rain over the last week. This came at a time in which the shells of many varieties are at shell hardening. As a result of that I would expect to see nuts hitting the ground over the next week or two as a result of water stage fruit split. This…
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We’re seeing some nut drop out there at the moment across multiple varieties. Pawnee is quite noticeable but this is not unusual. Most of what we are seeing is a natural drop and is known as the “third drop”. It typically begins just before rapid fruit expansion (abt 55 days after pollination) and is considered…
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As we all know, Georgia pecan growers are no strangers to hurricanes. Hopefully, we won’t have to deal with another one in 2025. Its difficult to manage a pecan orchard in a way that can have much effect in protecting it from something as powerful and out of our control as a hurricane. However, over…
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The American Pecan Council recently contracted with Land IQ to complete an analysis of pecan losses due to Hurricane Helene using satellite imagery. The APC and Land IQ worked closely with UGA for ground-truthing and observational information related to damage in the affected areas. This gives us the potential for a much higher degree of…