Hurricane Helene could be the worst calamity to ever hit pecan growing in Georgia. Here's why it's about much more than this ...

Along about May the nuts begin to form ... “Let my children plant at the head of my grave a pecan tree and at my feet an old-fashioned wlanut tree. And when these trees shall bear, let the ...

When a pecan tree sheds its mature nuts depends on the weather, including how dry of a summer it had been leading up to ...

“If you’ve got a pecan tree like this in your backyard, you’re watering your lawn, a good chance you’re not watering deep ...

proudly designated as the State Tree in 1919. Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is a native nut bearing tree to southern North America and Mexico. These stately trees can grow to 100 feet in height and ...

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist and author of “Pecan: America’s Native Nut Tree,” wrote in his newsletter on Monday. "We have not seen a storm with this level of ...

With Georiga losing 70% of the crop’s trees over the last 50 years, farmers and manufacturers need to be proactive for the ...

Pecans are native to North America where they're still used in abundance, especially in cakes, pies and cookies. They belong to the same family as the walnut and have the same distinctive texture ...

Most of the pecan trees on Yon Family Farms have been standing for 40 years, some as many as 100. Then Helene came. The ...

Hurricane Helene ripped across Georgia, the latest in a series of devastating storms that have left farmers wondering how they’ll go on.

Hurricane Helene has left farmers across the south-eastern US with significant damage to cotton fields and pecan nut orchards ...