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  • Pecan Beginners Course

    The Pecan Beginners Course will be held on April 16, 2019 from 8:30am-4:30pm at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. See agenda below. Pre-Registration = $10. Day-of Registration at door = $15 Register here Beginner’s Pecan Production Course 9:00       Welcome                                                                                       9:10       Cost of Pecan Production                                                                        Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture 9:30       Pecan Varieties                                                                                                                                        Patrick Conner,…

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  • This is the best news I have heard for Georgia pecan growers since the Hurricane in October. On November 18, Governor Nathan Deal signed into law HB 1EX, which provides emergency disaster relief assistance for cleanup efforts for timberland  and pecan orchard land in the 28 counties included in the Hurricane Michael Disaster Area. The cost of…

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  • This has been a year for a lot of sobering thought for Georgia pecan growers. We’ve had to deal with a lot. Trade wars, scab pressure, catastrophic storms, and perhaps most frustrating of all, depressed prices in the wake of losing half the state’s pecan crop. The storm is one thing. It’s something you don’t…

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  • 2019 County Pecan Production Meetings

    Our schedule of county pecan production meetings for 2019 is found below: Jan 31                   Toombs/Montgomery/Truetlen County Feb 5                    Mitchell Feb 6                    Appling Feb 12                  Grady Feb 13                   Colquitt Feb 14                  Crisp Feb 19                  Peach…

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  • Where Do We Go From Here?

    I’ve had a lot of questions recently about the long-term effects of the Hurricane on our pecan trees and the pecan crops we can expect in the next few years. Until recently our state has not had to endure the after-effects of a direct hit by a major hurricane. The impact of the extensive tree…

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  • A Dreary Harvest Continues For Some

    Now that it appears our two consecutive weeks of rain may have ended, growers who did not sustain devastating damage from Hurricane Michael will continue harvesting after the ground dries out a bit. This kind of rain has not likely been helpful to the quality of the nuts still on the ground. Nuts remaining in…

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  • In the wake of hurricane Michael many growers are faced with major cleanup tasks in their orchards. With nuts covering the ground as well, the type of cleanup required makes harvesting the nuts questionable in many orchards from Albany Southwest to Bainbridge and in other scattered orchards along the storms path. In our meeting with…

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