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South Africa’s Pecan Boom: A Rising Power in the Global Market

South Africa’s pecan industry is experiencing a period of significant growth, as it becomes a major player in the global market. With projections indicating production could soon reach 100 mi...

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South Africa’s Pecan Boom: ...

Apr 22, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
South Africa’s pecan industry is experiencing a period of significant growth, as it becomes a major p...
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Cracking the Code: How the Pecan ...

Apr 15, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
For decades, pecans likely conjured images of holiday pies and traditional Southern treats. But the pecan i...
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Georgia Pecan Growers Association...

Mar 25, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
The Georgia Pecan Growers Association is holding its annual conference this week beginning today until the ...
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CLUSTER DEL PECAN ANNUAL CONVENTI...

Mar 20, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Cluster del Pecan will be holding their annual convention on March 27th and 28th this year and have shared ...
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Tariffs Changing the Pecan Market

Mar 18, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Edit: Tariffs on Mexican goods coming into the United States was paused by the Whitehouse and has not been ...
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2024-25 Pecan Harvest Wrapping Up

Feb 27, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US and Northern Mexico have been in the orchards working on most farmer&#...
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Pecan Imports Down 18%

Feb 20, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the latest pecan summary for the US with details of activities around the southern US pec...
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APC Makes Pecan Data Accessible

Feb 13, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has been an operation and collecting data since 2016, while the early data is no...
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Pecan Exports Down 21% as of Dece...

Feb 11, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan exports from the US to countries around the globe have fallen this season when compared to last year&...
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Pecan Deliveries and Shipments Sl...

Jan 31, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the latest report for the month of December 2024 showing pecan shipment...
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US Pecan Growers Competing Agains...

Jan 28, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Over the last few years pecan growers in the US have set in place mechanisms that allow them to better unde...
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Pecan Prices Steady as Imports Sl...

Jan 23, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan prices are about steady across the US with supply expecting to come in well under the earlier industr...
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US Pecan Growers Produce 30 Milli...

Jan 14, 2025 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the US have been planting at a decent pace over the last decade replacing old varieties wi...
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Pecan Shipments Up 3.1% YTD

Dec 19, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
Note: the data used below is from the APC which may be inaccurate. Occasionally the data turns out to be on...
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Farmgate Pecan Prices Encourage G...

Dec 17, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
With an already decreased supply here in the US, pecan growers are getting offers on their crops that makes...
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Pecan Leaders Visit Capitol Hill ...

Dec 12, 2024 | By Robert Redding Jr
Pecan Growers Must Receive Help Before the End of 2024   December 10, 2024 – Washington, D.C. –...
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In-shell Pecan Imports From Mexic...

Dec 5, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
In-shell pecan imports from Mexico into the US are up 17.51% as compared to last year same time period whil...
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2024 FarmGate Pecan Prices Dismal

Dec 3, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan prices to commercial growers have dropped to levels that are making it difficult for growers to find ...
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Areas of Georgia Pecan Crop Impac...

Nov 12, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2024-25 pecan crop in Georgia is being harvested and growers are reporting slightly lower quality in so...
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Pecan Growers Reporting High Qual...

Nov 5, 2024 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2024-2025 pecan harvest is well underway in the southeastern US and pecan growers are reporting an exc...
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September Pecan Shipments Down 36%

Nov 11, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest pecan position report shows pecan shipments have dropped from the previous year by approximately...
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Pecan Report Under Construction

Nov 2, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey

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Limited Services Available

Oct 28, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
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Traffic Increases Cause WorldR...

Oct 26, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey

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Asia Once Again Pecans Largest Ex...

Oct 19, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The final numbers are in for the last seasons pecan deliveries, exports and domestic market consumption and...
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Domestic Pecan Shipments Up 28%

Oct 14, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The August position report released by the American Pecan Council shows the domestic and export shipments f...
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Pecan Growers Deliveries Jump as ...

Oct 12, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council recently released the latest year end inventory report showing grower deliveries...
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Demand for Pecans Up 24% Over Las...

Oct 7, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the final pecan position report for the 2020-21 season ending with Augu...
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Pecan Harvest Underway in the Sou...

Oct 5, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
A handful of pecan growers in the southeast began harvest last month with earlier varieties such as pawnee ...
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Fourth Quarter Pecan Holdings Tre...

Sep 30, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service monitors the quantities of particular food items around...
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October Pecan Market Opens Strong...

Sep 28, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market has started strong already in late September as buyers are eager to get new pecan crop in ...
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APC, APPB & USDA Working Har...

Sep 23, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The newly seated American Pecan Promotion Board (APPB) along with the American Pecan Council (APC) and the ...
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Pecan Imports Could Drop for 2nd ...

Sep 21, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan imports into the US from Mexico may be on track to drop for the 2nd year in a row after decades of ye...
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China Takes the Lead for Pecan Ex...

Sep 16, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Since the trade war began in July of 2018 America’s largest pecan trading partner quickly became one of its...
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Pecan Harvest Begins In North Ame...

Sep 14, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Early pecan varieties such as Pawnee will begin harvest this week and next in North America as growers moni...
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Growers Vote to Continue Pecan Fe...

Sep 9, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The United States has long been the global leader in pecan planting, production and marketing, but has only...
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GUSS Automation Delivers 100th Au...

Sep 7, 2021 | By Guest
 KINGSBURG, CA, September 1, 2021 – Autonomous agriculture equipment is gaining momentum and GUSS Automatio...
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USDA Approves Members for America...

Sep 2, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA approved the members selected by the American Pecan Council to sit on the board of the newly forme...
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Pecan Exports Set To Recover in 2021

Aug 31, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has seen a meteoric rise in pecan export values over the last 20 years. Growers...
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Demand for Pecans Up 21% Over Las...

Aug 26, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Data shows demand for pecans continues to grow over the last 3 years with this season making the largest ju...
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176,000 Acres of Pecans Needed to...

Aug 24, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The US has long been the global leader of pecans. While pecans do grow in other countries the southern US h...
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American Pecan Growers Struggle t...

Aug 19, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has been experiencing growing pains for a little over a decade now and the stru...
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Pecan Shipments Up By 25 Million ...

Aug 12, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shipments are up more than 25 million pounds with two months still left to report. The American Pecan...
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Grower Expansion Not Keep Pace Wi...

Aug 10, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has been monthly data for 34 months now and the figures show American growers ar...
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Pecan Growers Plan For Expansion

Aug 5, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US have been quietly planning for a market expansion but the market may b...
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Grower Deliveries Up 77 Million P...

Aug 3, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan deliveries from growers have risen this year by 34% when compared to last season. From September to J...
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Pecan Prices Inch Upward With Low...

Jul 29, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry has seen tumultuous price fluctuations since the onset of the trade war with farmgate pr...
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Pecan Stocks Down Again

Jul 27, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
This is the seventh consecutive month pecan stocks have been lower than in the previous year signaling stro...
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Pecans Putting on Size

Jul 22, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecans across the southern US from the east coast to the west coast are in the middle of the growing season...
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Commitments To Ship Pecans Showin...

Jul 20, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest industry report shows American pecan handlers future commitments to ship have increased for the ...
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Chinese Purchases: Driver Behind ...

Jul 15, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan exports to China have risen past that of European nations once again and is now the driver behind inc...
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Pecan Shipments Up 78 Million Pounds

Jul 8, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest data from the American Pecan Council shows pecan shipments have risen by more than 26% over last...
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Voting Period Extended for Pecan ...

Jul 6, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA is reopening the voting period for the for pecan producers in the US to determine whether growers ...
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Pecan Cold Storage Holdings Drop ...

Jul 1, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the latest cold storage numbers for pecans in ...
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Pecan Trees Begin The “June Drop”...

Jun 29, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the south eastern US begin to monitor the “June Drop” where pecan trees shed nuts in o...
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Fewer Pecans Being Shipped to Mexico

Jun 24, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
When looking at the data over the last decade you might tend to think that Mexico is the largest buyer of p...
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Domestic Pecan Consumption Up 32%

Jun 22, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
From September 2020 to April of 2021 pecan consumption has surged 32% here in the US with pecan shipment re...
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Pecan Exports Up 15%

Jun 17, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest pecan export data shows pecan exports from the US have risen over the same time last year. From ...
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Pecan Growers Cast Votes

Jun 15, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across American have been receiving their ballots in the mail in order to cast their votes to...
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GPGA Farm Tour Covers Various Pec...

Jun 10, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The Georgia Pecan Growers Association held their annual conference last week in Perry Georgia at the Perry ...
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Oklahoma Pecan Growers Meet This ...

Jun 8, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association will be holding its annual convention and trade show this week in Br...
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Foreign Pecan Imports Down 48% YTD

Jun 3, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council reports data back to the industry each month with an eye on multiple key factors...
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Pecan Industry Leaders Deliver 20...

Jun 1, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The INC held a virtual conference this year due to the travel restrictions and safety precautions surroundi...
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Pecan Conference Season Kicks Off...

May 27, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry has fared well during the pandemic, while many businesses and industries  have made dras...
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Shelled Pecan Cold Storage Holdin...

May 25, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the latest pecan cold storage report yesterday showing the pecan cold storage holdings fo...
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Pecan Grower Deliveries Up 75 mil...

May 20, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
This pecan season has seen growth in various areas but grower deliveries are through the roof as shellers a...
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Pecan Power Exporter Shares His J...

May 13, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan power exporter Jack Huang shares his accidental journey from banking to an international power export...
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Exports to Asia Up 70%

May 11, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan exports to Asia have seen some positive activity since the “great fall” at the onset of the trade war...
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Pecan Shipments Up 27% Going Into Q3

May 6, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Demand for pecans has shown improvement this season with shipments continuing to outperform last season pus...
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Shelled Pecan Imports Steady As I...

May 4, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA Foriegn Agricultural Service reports on a wide variety of commodities movement to and from the Uni...
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Pecan Exports Continue to Outperf...

Apr 29, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has released the latest position report showing pecan exports up 19% for the sea...
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Pecan Crop Begins to Form in Sout...

Apr 27, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The US pecan crop is coming into focus as pecan flowers begin to form which will ultimately need to be poll...
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Pecan FMO Gets Audited for Effect...

Apr 22, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Some surprising claims are being made in the recently released evaluation report of the FMO suggesting grow...
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Pecan Cold Storage Drops 10% in F...

Apr 20, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service gathers data and reports each month the current holdings ...
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The Pecan is Now the Official Sta...

Apr 15, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law on April 10th a bill designating the pecan as the official stat...
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Pecan Grower Deliveries Up 31% YTD

Apr 13, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest pecan position report shows how lower farm gate prices have buyers purchasing more and growers d...
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Pecan Trees Begin Crucial Bud Bre...

Apr 8, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers are highly active in their orchards this week as the male catkins and the female flowers begi...
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Massive financial Hit to Tree Nut...

Apr 6, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Massive financial Hit to Tree Nut Growers, but Pecans may be rebounding faster than other markets. Pecans (...
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Pecan Hedging Increases in Popula...

Apr 1, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Hedging fruit and nut trees is nothing new, however in parts of the pecan industry hedging it’s not as comm...
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American Pecans Attempts to Tame ...

Mar 30, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council was officially formed around five years ago in 2016 when the council officially ...
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Pecan Shipments Up for the Month ...

Mar 25, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest pecan industry position report has been released showing pecan shipments slightly up 0.2% for th...
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Pecan Trees Enter “Bud Brea...

Mar 23, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US are monitoring trees and gearing up to begin constant maintenance of t...
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USDA Request Farmer’s Input on Cl...

Mar 18, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA is asking for input from US farmers and ranchers to help shape Climate policy for years to come al...
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Pecan Grower Deliveries Up 56 Mil...

Mar 16, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest pecan position report shows pecan growers have delivered 56,133,548 more pounds to first handler...
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Pecan Shipments Up 16% YTD

Mar 11, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shipments from American handlers are up 16.4% for the season when compared to the same time period fo...
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Pecan Growers Plant New Orchards ...

Mar 9, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Planting season has arrived across the southern US and pecan growers are increasing acreage in an effort to...
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USDA Requests Nominations For APP...

Mar 4, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking interested pecan growers to serve on the American Pecan ...
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January Pecan Stocks Up 11%

Feb 25, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
American pecan growers produced the largest crop on record this season with cold storage holdings reaching ...
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South Africa Will Begin Pecan Har...

Feb 23, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
With the seasons opposite that of areas such as the southern US, South Africa will soon enter pecan harvest...
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Pecan Exports to Asia up 49%

Feb 18, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
US handlers report pecan exports to Asia up just over 49% for the season beginning in September. The Americ...
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A 20 Year Look at Pecan Exports

Feb 16, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has seen its fair share of ups and downs and with a 20 year look at the USDA’s ...
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2020 Largest Pecan Crop On Record

Feb 11, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Over the last year the pecan industry saw the largest pecan crop in the United States on record and this ye...
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Pecan Shipments Continue to Outpe...

Feb 9, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shipments show the demand for pecans in the time of reporting, while commitments to ship show a small...
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First Quarter Pecan Exports Up 42.3%

Feb 4, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan exports have been on the rise for the first quarter of 2020-21 season with the total coming in at 9.3...
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Pecan Planting Season Begins

Feb 2, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Growers across the southern US and Northern Mexico have finished pecan harvest and many are now focusing th...
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Pecan Imports Down 24%

Jan 28, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s AMS Market News reports on a variety of crops and aspects pertaining to those crops and producer...
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Pecan Production Up 18%

Jan 26, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the yearly Pecan Production Report covering the US pecan production, value and acreage of...
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Pecan Industry Seeking Investors

Jan 21, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
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Pecan Inventory Drops as Shipment...

Jan 20, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
Handlers across the southern US have reported a drop in inventory for the month ending November as pecan sh...
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Pecan Prices May Have Found the B...

Jan 14, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest data shows pecan prices beginning to stabilize and even begin to push slightly higher as shipmen...
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US Handlers Increase Purchases

Jan 12, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest data reported by American pecan growers shows US pecan handers have been increasing purchases fr...
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1st Quarter Pecan Shipments Up 20%

Jan 7, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
With the latest release of shipments for the month of November the pecan industry saw shipments slightly ou...
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Pecan Purchases Jump in November

Jan 5, 2021 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released its latest set of changing numbers for US pecan growers and handlers sh...
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Eastern Growers Finish Pecan Harv...

Dec 31, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Georgia is predicted to regain the number one spot for pecan production in the US this year, after several ...
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Pecan Imports Down 20%

Dec 29, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan imports from Mexico are down 20% year to date based on US Customs and Border Patrol numbers as report...
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Pecan Prices Level Out

Dec 22, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As the holiday rush has largely been fulfilled and pecan retailers are on the tail-end of fulfilling orders...
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A Changing Landscape in the Pecan...

Dec 17, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As pecan growers across the southern US continue their harvest activities, eastern growers are nearing the ...
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Pecan Harvest More Than Half Comp...

Dec 15, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan harvest across the Northern Hemisphere is now more than half complete with growers from the east coas...
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Pecan Exports Up 56% YTD

Dec 11, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
With the last 2 seasons seeing pecan exports take a hit due largely to trade conflicts between China and th...
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2020 Pecan Crop Showing Excellent...

Dec 8, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan farmers across the southern US have had a few rough years with major hurricane damage wiping out enti...
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Pecan Exports Up In October

Dec 3, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The phase one trade deal between China and the US has helped push pecan exports to China to some of their h...
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Demand for American Pecans Pushes...

Dec 1, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest report will be out in the next few days, but the latest report shows demand for pecans continuin...
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Happy Thanksgiving 2020

Nov 26, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As many of us spend this day working in the pecan orchards and the cleaning and shelling plants gathering o...
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Pecan Buyers Cautious as Inventor...

Nov 24, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
It’s no surprise to most pecan growers across the southern US, that pecan inventories are increasing ...
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Georgia Pecan Growers Raising Cru...

Nov 19, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Federation recently submitted a Pecan Research, Promotion, and Information Order to the ...
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Pecan Imports Down 9%

Nov 17, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan imports to the US from Mexico and other countries are pacing slower than last year’s record hig...
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China Not Likely to Uphold Purcha...

Nov 12, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The phase one trade deal made between China and the US went into effect on February 14th, 2020, outlining t...
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Pecan Shipments Soar in September

Nov 10, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The North American pecan harvest is well under way and the market has been a mixed bag for growers with dep...
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Pecan Retail Thrives As Wholesale...

Nov 5, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The north American pecan harvest is well under way in the southeastern US and is quickly moving west as mor...
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In-Shell Pecan Inventory Up 100%

Nov 3, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As pecan growers across North America harvest pecans with only a few major weather impediments, in-shell pe...
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Inventory Doubles and Pecan Price...

Oct 29, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan prices to growers have hit 5 year lows as the in-shell export market has been slow to buy this season...
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Pecan Spot Market Softens

Oct 27, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market in north America has opened and wholesale prices on the farm are lagging significantly beh...
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Commitments to Ship Pecans Trends...

Oct 22, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council now operational for nearly 4 four years now has been able to release two years w...
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Pecan R&P Proposal Gaining T...

Oct 20, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
With 34 days left in the commenting period, the newly proposed “Pecan Research, Promotion, and Information ...
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Pecan Market Opens Weak

Oct 15, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
With pecan inventory higher than last year and China slow to enter the market, the pecan market in North Am...
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Pecan Imports From Mexico Down 1.6%

Oct 13, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has resumed publication of its seasonal pecan reports. The report...
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Pecan Exports Finish the Year Dow...

Oct 8, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The data for pecan exports from the US to countries around the globe has been compiled and reported for the...
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Demand for Pecans Up 7% for the Year

Oct 6, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The preliminary numbers have been released by the American Pecan Council staff and total shipments for peca...
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Pecan Exports Down as of July

Oct 1, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan exports from the US could finish last season down for the year as industry waits for final data from ...
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Prices On the Farm Lag as Pecan S...

Sep 29, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service released the latest cold storage holdings last week with ...
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Commenting Period Begins for NFP’...

Sep 24, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Federation submitted a Pecan Research, Promotion, and Information Order to the USDA’s Ag...
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24° Dia Del Nogalero Goes Virtual

Sep 22, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan growers of Mexico are holding their annual conference virtually this year and are inviting all in...
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Growers Question Pecan Shipment Data

Sep 17, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council was formed nearly four years ago and growers now have questions about the data b...
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Nursery Trees May Be Scarce This ...

Sep 15, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As pecan harvest gets underway across the pecan belt here in North America, growers are either readying the...
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Growers Deliver Less Pecans As Pr...

Sep 10, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
US Pecan growers deliver fewer pecans than last year as prices on the farm continue to trend lower than las...
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Demand Up While Pecan Growers Del...

Sep 8, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan industry has been on a meteoric rise over the past decade with demand for America’s native...
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Pecan Inventory 60 Million Pounds...

Sep 3, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan producers in the US have taken it upon themselves to report monthly to the American Pecan Council the...
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North American Pecan Harvest Begi...

Sep 1, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US and northern Mexico are ready to bring this year’s pecan crop ac...
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Global Demand for Pecans Continue...

Aug 27, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The latest numbers, released this week, show demand for pecans is still up, pushing this season’s tot...
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Pecan Orchard Plantings Attempt t...

Aug 25, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As domestic demand for pecans continues to grow here in the US, supply of the American Pecan is struggling ...
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Pecan Shipments Outpace Receipts

Aug 20, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan inventories in the US have dropped since the August year end inventory was reported last year. Ea...
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Pecan Exports to Europe Down Near...

Aug 18, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The current pandemic and resulting shutdown of economies around the globe, have slowed pecan exports for th...
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Accumulators Holding Less Pecan I...

Aug 13, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan market has been thriving over the past months yet first handlers are taking a more conserv...
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First Handler Pecan Purchases Dow...

Aug 11, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
North America is the largest pecan market in the world, producing some 80% of the world’s supply and ...
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Scab Pressure Mounting in the Sou...

Aug 6, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The current pecan crop growing in the southeastern US is nearing the finish line for this year’s peca...
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Pecan Inventory Up Problems May Loom

Aug 4, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan inventory numbers have been released by both the APC and the USDA and inventories are up for June...
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Pecan Shipments Still Outpacing L...

Jul 30, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The global economic shutdown has wreaked havoc in various industries and slowed economic growth for all cou...
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Thinning Pecans To Reduce 2020 Cr...

Jul 28, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US have been assessing nutrient needs, moisture needs, and insect pressur...
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Pecan Prices and Trade Tensions B...

Jul 23, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The US and China have had a tumultuous relationship over the last couple of years as US President Donald Tr...
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Pecan Exports to Asia Up 47%

Jul 21, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Demand for American pecans have been growing over the last decade with much of that growth resulting from i...
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Pecans Enter Crucial Nut Fill Stage

Jul 16, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan producers in the North American pecan industry, which produces more than 90% of the world’s pec...
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Pecan Exports to Europe Down 20% ...

Jul 14, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has been experiencing tremendous growth over the last decade as pecan growers h...
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Pecan Purchases Down While Shipme...

Jul 9, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Overall pecan purchases are down 11.1% from last season with pecan imports dropping a whopping 21.5% while ...
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Pecan Shipments Up 3.8% Over Last...

Jul 7, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has continued its historic rise in the health food, snacking and ingredients in...
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Pecan Market Prices Continue Strong

Jul 2, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Even as the global economic shutdown has struck fear and uncertainty into the hearts of investors and consu...
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Pecan Industry In Growth Mode

Jun 30, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has been working for more than a decade to increase its footprint in the global...
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Pecan Cold Storage Data Shows Inc...

Jun 25, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has been feverishly working to expand the current domestic global market for pe...
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Foreign Pecan Purchases Down 22%

Jun 23, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As of the end of April the American pecan industry has purchased 22% fewer foreign pecans than last year at...
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Pecans Begin to Size Up as Grower...

Jun 18, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US begin to monitor their irrigation more closely now as the tiny pecans ...
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INC Holds Virtual Pecan Roundtable

Jun 16, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The International Nut & Dried Fruit Congress was scheduled to be held in Dubai this year, however the r...
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American Pecan Deliveries Outpace...

Jun 11, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
In preparation for an increasing demand for pecans in the US, American pecan buyers and sellers have been a...
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Georgia Pecans off to a good star...

Jun 9, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan scab control has been outstanding in the first 4 or 5 sprays.  “Although we have had light scab press...
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Pecan Shipments and Deliveries Co...

Jun 4, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry’s stable growth continues to impress industry experts as the global economic sh...
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Pecan Industry’s Growth Attractin...

Jun 2, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Civil unrest and global pandemics have a tendency to eat away large chunks of what were at one time safe re...
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Pecan Buying Activity Increases

May 28, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan buying activity picked up significantly last month as growers shipped just shy of 41 million pounds t...
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Pecan Industry Climbs Despite Glo...

May 26, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the April 2020 Pecan Position Report showing exactly how the global pec...
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Demand for Pecans Up 41.8% in the...

May 21, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Domestic demand for pecans continues to be the new engine for growth in the industry as pecan exports wain ...
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Wholesale Pecan Prices Stable as ...

May 19, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has had to make adjustments just like the rest of the world in the face of the ...
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Covid-19 Spurs Exporters to Reass...

May 14, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As the northern hemisphere growers work on assessing this year’s crop size and monitoring nutrient le...
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Georgia Expecting Good Pecan Crop

May 12, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the state of Georgia had long been members of the largest pecan producing state in the cou...
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American Pecan Board Member Elect...

May 7, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan growers of America are casting their ballots for the next board members of the American Pecan Cou...
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Covid-19 Effects on Global Pecan ...

May 5, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As all of us around the US and the rest of the world get used to a new normal in society and social interac...
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Pecan Handler Inventory Drops Nea...

Apr 30, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Buying activity booming in the pecan market, but not on the farm. Insight in the data explains how downward...
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Pecan Shell Games

Apr 28, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shellers, brokers and middle men place downward pressure on the in-shell market as demand for America...
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Domestic Pecan Shipments Up 16% YTD

Apr 23, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry has seen its share of ups and downs, but few times have been as bumpy as the past couple...
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American Pecan Stewardship

Apr 21, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
American pecan growers seek to set themselves apart with a quality assurance assurance program that takes i...
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Pecan Commitments To Ship Up 23% YTD

Apr 16, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
USDA pecan cold storage holdings show pecan inventory in the US has had an increase of 3.1% year* to date w...
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Pecan Growers Begin To Scout This...

Apr 14, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
American pecan growers across the southern US have begun to shift their focus from the orchard floor into t...
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Southeastern Growers Expecting Go...

Apr 9, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The devastating destruction from hurricane Micheal has been felt for the past two years by pecan growers in...
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Pecan Growers Begin Harvest in th...

Apr 7, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the southern hemisphere are entering harvest season now and most growers we spoke with say...
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Pecans forming in the Northern He...

Apr 2, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As the world deals with the shut down of non-essential businesses in the global economy, agriculture contin...
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Pecan Handler Inventory Down 25%

Mar 31, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released last month’s pecan industry position report, showing a drop in ha...
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Georgia’s Pecan Production On the...

Mar 26, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Currently the nation’s 2nd largest pecan producing state, Georgia, is on the road to recovery and pos...
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Pecan Shipments Up While While Ex...

Mar 24, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American farmer may be one of the most resilient creatures ever created on God’s green earth and ...
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Pecan Orchards Enter Bud Break Ac...

Mar 19, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry is now entering the start of the growing season with pecan trees across the sou...
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Covid-19 Effects on the Global Pe...

Mar 17, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As the concerns and the effects of the coronavirus continue to worsen, I have been getting numerous calls a...
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Pecan Shipments Up While American...

Mar 12, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry has been in a growth pattern over the past decade as growers from all across th...
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U.S. Pecan Importers to Apply for...

Mar 10, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The US and China entered into an agreement on January 15th 2020 as part of the phase one trade deal that wi...
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Pecan Exports Plummet in First Qu...

Mar 5, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry has just begun to get its roots established as a real player in the global tree...
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Pecan Shipments Up 6% Year to Date

Mar 3, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Shipments of American Pecans have been climbing since the first of the season in September and looks to be ...
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Western Pecan Growers to Meet in ...

Feb 27, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The Western Pecan Growers Association will be holding its annual educational conference and industry meetin...
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Dr. Wells Holds Pecan Industry Pa...

Feb 25, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Dr. Lenny Wells held a Q and A panel discussion for American pecan growers in the Southeastern US on Saturd...
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Pecan Exports Down 11% YTD

Feb 20, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Growers Council is in its second year releasing monthly data concerning the global pecan...
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Pecan Conference Season 2020

Feb 18, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry will be entering its annual conference season this week beginning with the Sout...
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Pecan Handler Inventory Down

Feb 13, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan handler inventory is down just under 16% as growers hold on to in-shell reserves pressuring handlers ...
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Commitments to Ship Pecans Surge

Feb 11, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shipments outlook is positive as suppliers have reported an increase of over 15% from the same time l...
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Pecan Shipments Down 4% for the S...

Feb 6, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Growers Council released the December 2019 Pecan Position Report giving insight into how...
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Chinese Spring Festival Ends This...

Feb 4, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The Chinese Celebration known as the Spring Festival will end this Saturday in China and around the world m...
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Mexico’s Pecan Harvest Wraps Up

Jan 30, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Just south of the border Mexican pecan growers are finishing the last days of pecan harvest with what looks...
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In-shell Pecan Stocks Drop 18%

Jan 28, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the December 2019 pecan cold storage holdings in the US and the data show that in-shell p...
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A Few Bad Actors May Ruin America...

Jan 23, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
A few bad actors in the pecan industry have American farmers questioning the legitimacy of their newly form...
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Pecan Market Stable with Bullish ...

Jan 21, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Pricing data for the pecan market showing bullish tendencies as the supply capacity drops slightly while de...
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Pecan Exports to Asia Up 16%

Jan 16, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The US China trade war has taken a significant toll on the American pecan industry with exports to mainland...
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Pecan Shipments Slowed for Novemb...

Jan 14, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council is made up of, industry elected, representatives from each of the three regions ...
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Growers Use Satellites to Map Ame...

Jan 9, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council voted to implement multiple research projects for American pecan growers that wi...
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Pecan Market Inches Upward

Jan 7, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
As the US and Mexico begin to wrap up this year’s pecan harvest season, pecan prices start to inch up...
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American Pecan Farmers Have High ...

Jan 2, 2020 | By Matthew Bailey
Both the US and China finally came to the first round of agreements on a trade deal in an ongoing trade neg...
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Pecan Supplies Drop Despite Recor...

Dec 31, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the latest pecan cold storage holdings, and pecan supplies drop significantly in the mont...
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Navarro Pecan Verbally Trashes Sw...

Dec 19, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
George Martin of Navarro Pecan Company in Corsicana, TX took to the stage to accept his lifetime achievemen...
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Pecan Consumption Up 15% in the USA

Dec 17, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan industry has seen significant growth over the past decade with China largely driving the s...
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US Pecan Growers Assess African M...

Dec 12, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
US Pecan Growers present American Pecans to the African food market this week in Cairo, Egypt as harvest in...
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Pecan Shipments Surge Causing Inv...

Dec 10, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA cold pecan cold storage numbers show some interesting data for pecan shipments over the last month...
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Pecan Shipments Surge in October

Dec 5, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry is experiencing dramatic growth this year with pecan shipments surging 14.61% over the s...
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National Pecan Federation Address...

Dec 3, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
On November 21, 2019 the National Pecan Federation, joined by 14 other specialty crop agricultural organiza...
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Happy Thankgiving

Nov 28, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
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Pecan Cold Storage Drop Nearly 20...

Nov 26, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the October pecan cold storage holdings...
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Demand for Pecans up 6% Over Last...

Nov 21, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry around the globe is experiencing enormous growth, that apparently not even a trade war c...
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Eastern Pecan Crop Coming Up Short

Nov 19, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The North American pecan harvest has been underway since the end of September and growers in the eastern re...
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Pecan Prices Stable, But for How ...

Nov 14, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan market is the largest market in the world for pecans and also handles roughly 90% of the...
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Pecan Exports to Europe Show Big ...

Nov 12, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
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Pecan Shipments Up 26% Over Same ...

Nov 7, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry has been experiencing significant growth over the past decade. When the US Peca...
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Pecan Prices Steady While Demand ...

Nov 5, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The north American pecan market is now in its 6th week depending on your location, and pecan prices on the ...
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National Pecan Federation Making ...

Oct 31, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Federation is the American Pecan industries voice in Washington DC. Members of the Natio...
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In-Shell Pecan Stocks Drop

Oct 29, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service released the most recent pecan cold storage holdings for...
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Mexican Pecan Imports Outpace Las...

Oct 24, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Mexico, now the largest pecan producing country in the world, has been planting pecan trees at a feverish p...
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Demand for “Elliot” Pecans Rises

Oct 22, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American domestic pecan market has long been the dominating consumer of pecans. This can be largely att...
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Pecan Shipments Steady

Oct 17, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has now released its first full year of monthly data for the American pecan indu...
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North American Pecan Crop Hits th...

Oct 15, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan farmers in the southeastern United States are gearing up for full swing harvest. Most pawnee growers ...
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Pecan Inventory Report Reveals St...

Oct 10, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the end of year pecan inventory report last week depicting the pecan in...
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Mexican Pecan Imports Reach Recor...

Oct 8, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service released the first Pecan Report last week with the start of pecan...
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US Senators Go to Bat for the Pec...

Oct 3, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Federation made a trip to Capitol Hill to talk with US Senators about the significantly ...
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Pecan Data Reveals Strong Consume...

Oct 1, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2019 North American pecan harvest has begun, and comparative pecan data shows increasing consumption bo...
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Nut Health Week in China Reveals ...

Sep 26, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The “Nut Health Week” held its fourth annual conference last week in Shanghai China revealing large growth,...
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North American In-shell Pecan Mar...

Sep 24, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan harvest in North America has begun with early varieties trickling into the cleaners and onto the open...
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American Pecans Dominates the Con...

Sep 19, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released its annual report to the American Pean industry. The report contains a ...
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Chinese Buyers Eager for New Crop...

Sep 17, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As pecan growers in the US prepare for 2019 – 2020 pecan harvest season that will begin in  roughly 2...
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Count Down to Pecan Harvest 2019

Sep 12, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers across the southern US are inspecting sand chains on harvesters, greasing the heads on their ...
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Pecan Exports Expected to Surge

Sep 10, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As the American pecan harvest draws near, pecan growers and pecan shellers are gearing up for a surge in pe...
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Southeastern Pecan Growers Watchi...

Sep 5, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As the category 5 storm pummeled the Bahamas over the past few days causing massive damage, pecan growers i...
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Pecan Handler Inventory Drops Nea...

Sep 3, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the latest pecan industry position report showing data for the month en...
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Pecan Cold Storage Drops Nearly 2...

Aug 29, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released the official pecan cold storage numbers for July in warehouses in the US, the numbers sho...
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Dia Del Nogalero 2019

Aug 27, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Mexican pecan and walnut growers will meet this week in Chihuahua Mexico for the annual “Dia del Nogale...
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Pecan Congress Meets in Dallas

Aug 22, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The second ever pecan congress meeting went very well on Tuesday, beginning in the morning with updates fro...
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American Pecans Replaced By Mexic...

Aug 15, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The trade dispute between China and the US that began a little over a year ago has had significant effects ...
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Domestic Pecan Consumption Still ...

Aug 8, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released its 10th consecutive monthly pecan industry position report covering a ...
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US Pecans Struggle for Chinese Sh...

Aug 1, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The China US trade war that began just over one year ago now has disrupted the American Pecan’s newest numb...
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American Pecan Council Prepares f...

Jul 25, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council held conference call meetings yesterday and will continue into today with confer...
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Texas Pecan Growers Meet in Frisco

Jul 18, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Texas Pecan Growers Association held its 98th annual conference and trade show earlier this in sunny, F...
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Europe Purchases 44% of American ...

Jul 11, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The North American pecan industry is in the middle of growing season while pecan growers in the southern he...
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Southeastern Pecan Crop Shaping Up

Jun 27, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The southeastern US pecan crop is shaping up, and reports are mixed as to the size and quality of the crop ...
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First Quarter Pecan Cold Storage ...

Jun 20, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan stocks in the US have dropped from the last months record highs of 308+/- million pounds; in March 20...
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Pecan Prices Climb on the Farm

Jun 13, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Now well into the next growing season spot prices for pecans begin to slowly climb. As the North American p...
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Concerns Grow Over Pecan Supply Gap

Jun 6, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry may be facing a supply shortage in the near future as pecan commitments continu...
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Mexican Pecans Could Receive a 5%...

Jun 4, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
President Trump announced a tariff that could go into effect as early as Monday, June 10 for all goods comi...
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Demand for Pecans May be Too High

May 30, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
With a 525,485,734 pound supply deficit, the pecan industry may have trouble filling current contracts. Inc...
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Pecan “Pie” Grows to Over 1 Billi...

May 28, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Since the introduction of the Pecan FMO along with formation of a working staff and the American Pecan indu...
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High Winds Killing Pecans in West...

May 23, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The bustling pecan industry has changed from a side crop for farmers, to a global supply and consumption ma...
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Pecan crop set in the Southeast

May 21, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan crop in the southeastern US is shaping up nicely with a good crop set. Pawnee pecan trees have co...
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Pecan Commitments Near 1 Billion ...

May 16, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council staff have been reporting compiled data back to the industry for seven months no...
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The US Continues to Dominate Peca...

May 14, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council staff has been collecting and reporting pecan data regularly for just over 6 mon...
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Pecan Cold Storage Holdings Show ...

May 9, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA NASS reports monthly on the current cold storage holdings of pecans being warehoused inside the Un...
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Pecan Shipments to China up for M...

May 7, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
While the US / China Trade war drags on, pecan imports into Asia was a bright spot in the American Pecan ex...
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Pecan Shipments Down Slightly in ...

May 2, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released the March 2019 Pecan Industry Position Report this week showing the ove...
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Native Pecans May Soon be Obsolete

Apr 30, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Native pecan supply in the US may soon be a thing of the past. As more pecans are planted to supply the...
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American Pecan Industry Making Fo...

Apr 25, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry formed it’s marketing, research, and regulatory council just a short time ago, ...
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2019 Pecan Exports Start Strong

Apr 23, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
US Pecan Exports started 2019 with strong numbers in January and February after coming of a few weaker seco...
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Strong Domestic Pecan Demand

Apr 18, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has reported monthly data for six consecutive months now and the data is startin...
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Pecan Prices Inch Upward on the Farm

Apr 16, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry has had a bit of a tough season last year with the onset of the trade war betwe...
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Pecan Consumption on the Rise

Apr 11, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA released pecan cold storage data for the month of February 2019 and the data shows, supplies are d...
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APC Holds “Pecan Congress” Meeting

Apr 9, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council is meeting this week in Dallas for a regular council meeting where they will dis...
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Pecan Trees at Risk in South Africa

Apr 4, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
A tiny beetle has invaded South Africa and is killing trees at a significant rate. In 2017 the polyphagous ...
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February 2019 Pecan Industry Posi...

Apr 2, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The February pecan industry position report showed positive news for pecan suppliers. Pecan shipments were ...
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Georgia Pecan Growers Meet in Tifton

Mar 28, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Georgia Pecan Growers Association held its 54th annual conference and trade show yesterday in Tifton, G...
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US Pecan Production Down 27%

Mar 26, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA NASS released the pecan production report on March 14th, detailing the pecan production quantity a...
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Demand for Pecans Continues to Ou...

Mar 21, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan market continues to grow while prices on the farm have been less than desirable this year....
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Pecan Tree Buds Begin to Swell

Mar 19, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As the Southern US and Mexico prepare for a new pecan growing season; pecan growers in South Africa, Austra...
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A Fox in the Henhouse

Mar 14, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Industry is experiencing growing pains while US growers have questions about the new FMO...
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Innovation in the Pecan Industry ...

Mar 12, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Burgen Equipment Manufacturers in Northern Mexico have been building pecan cleaning equipment for three gen...
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Half a Billion Pounds of Pecans N...

Mar 7, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry received more good news after a rough season in the US, this year with demand for pecans...
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Western Pecan Growers Meet in Las...

Mar 5, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Western Pecan Growers Association is wrapping up its 53rd annual conference and trade show led by WPGA ...
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Pecan Supply May Come Up Short in...

Feb 28, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA finally released its December cold storage data after a lapse in reporting due to the government s...
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Pecan Industry Poised for Enormou...

Feb 26, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan meetings in Sandestin Florida concluded on Saturday with the 112th annual SEPGA meeting; updates from...
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US Pecans and China

Feb 21, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The US China trade war made the top of the list for censored content in China’s largest media platform, WeC...
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2019 Pecan Meeting Season

Feb 19, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry is entering is annual meeting season where the pecan industry associations will...
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2019 South African Pecan Crop

Feb 14, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As the new year moves along pecan growers around the globe are in various different stages of production. I...
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Pecan Shellers Take Aim at US Pec...

Feb 12, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shellers association asks for grower support in hopes of taking control of a profitable pecan export ...
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Grower Co-Op Talks Progressing

Feb 7, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in North America are feeling the effects of a sheller dominated market after having trade wit...
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Pecan Cold Storage Holdings Incre...

Feb 5, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
As pecan harvest in North America has wrapped up the freezers in the US are filling up with tons of in-shel...
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Mixed Signals for the December Pe...

Jan 31, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council Released its December 2018 pecan position report yesterday and the numbers show ...
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China’s Spring Festival Celebrati...

Jan 29, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The Spring Festival in China is a very big event celebrated by the entire country. This time of year is the...
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Fewer Pecan in 2018 Equals Smalle...

Jan 24, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American pecan industry took a big hit last year in the form natural disasters and of course the increa...
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American Pecans to Set Global Sta...

Jan 22, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry is global leader in pecan research, pecan farming and pecan processing. In rece...
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2019 Pecan Tree Plantings Begin

Jan 17, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan planting season has begun in the southern US. While most pecan growers have finished harvest, this ti...
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Pecan Shipments Continue to Rise

Jan 15, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan shipments continue to rise in the fourth quarter of 2018. While we wait for pecan shipment data from ...
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Warning: Do Not Chop or Break Pec...

Jan 10, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan market has been in a bit of turmoil over the last few months with pecan prices dipping to ...
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Georgia’s Pecan Crop Left to Rot

Jan 8, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The devastation caused by hurricane Michael was no small blow to Georgia’s agriculture community. Damage to...
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Pecan Supply and Demand May be at...

Jan 3, 2019 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride over the past few years with demand skyrocketin...
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US PECAN EXPORTS SHOWING SIGNS OF...

Dec 27, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council released its monthly pecan position report. In the pecan report you will find in...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Dec 25, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Merry Christmas from our family to yours.
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PECAN IMPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE

Dec 20, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
If you ask pecan growers about the current market conditions you will get a variety of responses, most of w...
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TEXAS PECAN BOARD APPOINTS EXECUT...

Dec 18, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Texas Pecan Board, formed 1998, is one of the oldest pecan organizations still in existence today. The ...
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AN EERILY QUIET PECAN MARKET

Dec 13, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
There is no denying that China has had a huge impact on the price of pecans, both on the farm and on the sh...
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WHO NEEDS A PECAN POLITICAL ACTIO...

Dec 11, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
When I first heard of the PECAN PAC (Political Action Committee) I must say I wondered to myself, why do we...
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WESTERN PECAN GROWERS BEGIN HARVEST

Dec 6, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
It has been a pecan buyers market over the last few weeks, while the eastern US is roughly 70% complete wit...
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WHERE IS THE BOTTOM AND WHO IS TO...

Dec 4, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The current pecan market condition is a surprise to say the least. Most active pecan industry producers and...
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PECAN PRICES CONTINUE TO SOFTEN A...

Nov 29, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The approach to this year’s pecan harvest season was somewhat normal with demand for pecans continuing to r...
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TOP 3 PECAN EXPORT MARKETS FOR 2018

Nov 27, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US Pecan Growers Council along with the American Pecan Council both track and report the movement of pe...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM OUR FAMIL...

Nov 22, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
We wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving, and would like to thank everyone that helps make PECAN REPORT possible...
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AMERICAN PECANS SAYS GEN X AND GE...

Nov 20, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has been charged with many task by pecan growers and increasing the demand for p...
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AMERICAN PECANS TO HOST “PE...

Nov 15, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has organized a “Pecan-A-Thon” where they will have celebrity host Wendi McLendo...
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HOW THE US CHINA TRADE WAR HAS AF...

Nov 13, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US and China entered into a trade War earlier this year resulting in tariffs on goods produced by each ...
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TOP 3 EXPORT MARKETS FOR SHELLED ...

Nov 8, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The world pecan market has been a mystery to most of the participants, especially the producers of the peca...
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2018-2019 PECAN MARKET IS STRONG ...

Nov 6, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US pecan industry, like most other US agricultural commodities, has been negatively impacted by the US-...
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TEXAS PECAN CO-OP MAY BE GUILTY O...

Nov 1, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Texas based pecan CO-OP run by DeWayne McCasland owner of Pecans.com and SNT Equipment, has come under ...
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IN-SHELL PECAN PRICES DATA SHOWS ...

Oct 30, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market is quite active across the US, growers and buyers are reporting pecan prices from all over...
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PECAN MARKET REACTING TO HUGE CRO...

Oct 25, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan market is slowly reacting to what is now being considered one of the largest pecan crop lo...
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PECAN GROWERS CLEAN UP THE AFTERM...

Oct 23, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in Northern Florida, Southern Alabama and Southern Georgia are busy cleaning up the aftermath...
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THE AMERICAN PECAN COUNCIL RELEAS...

Oct 18, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council has released pecan crop data for the past two pecan crop years and for the first...
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DRONES HELP PECAN FARMERS ASSESS ...

Oct 16, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Aerial drones have been deployed throughout the south east to help assist pecan growers assess and record t...
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HURRICANE MICHAEL JUST DEVASTATED...

Oct 11, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the Southeast are in the orchards this morning assessing the damage from the CAT 4 Hurrica...
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HURRICANE MICHAEL THREATENS 2018 ...

Oct 9, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US Pecan harvest has just recently gotten underway in the southeast with the early pecan varieties such...
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ELLIOT PECANS IN HIGH DEMAND

Oct 4, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2018 North American pecan harvest is already under way with early pecan cultivars, while the rest of th...
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AMERICAN PECANS MAY HAVE AN UNEXP...

Oct 2, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
A new consumer study shows that American Pecans may have a leg up over pecans grown in foreign countries. P...
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HIGH LEVEL FRAUD IN THE PECAN IND...

Sep 27, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
American Pecan growers and pecan shellers speak out about the high-level fraud taking place in the industry...
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IN-SHELL PECAN STOCK’S DWINDLE AS...

Sep 25, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the monthly cold storage report yesterd...
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GROWERS PLAN TO STORE MORE PECANS...

Sep 20, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
This year the pecan market will be making what some are calling a major shift in the industry’s dynamics. P...
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BEAR MARKET FOR IN-SHELL PECANS

Sep 18, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market has been quite steady for the past few years with a slight uptick in prices from year to, ...
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NATIONAL PECAN SHELLERS ASSOCIATI...

Sep 13, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Shellers Association meets today and tomorrow (SEP 13th-14th) for the annual fall meetin...
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2018 EARLY PECAN HARVEST BEGINS I...

Sep 11, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2018 Pecan Harvest Season is getting underway in parts of Texas and Georgia with the Pawnee pecan varie...
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GEORGIA PECAN GROWERS MEET FOR FI...

Sep 6, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Georgia Pecan Growers Association is holding is fall field day today at the USDA research facility in B...
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NORTH AMERICAN PECAN HARVEST ONLY...

Sep 4, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan harvest in North America is only days away as the Pawnee variety begin to open in South Georgia a...
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AMERICAN PECAN COUNCIL MEETING UP...

Aug 30, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council meeting is currently in session at the Hyatt Regency at Dallas Fort Worth Airpor...
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DIA DEL NOGALERO: THE WORLD’S LAR...

Aug 28, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The worlds largest gathering of pecan growers, buyers, shellers, accumulators and pecan service providers w...
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JULY 2018 PECAN INVENTORY REPORT

Aug 23, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released the July 201...
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PECAN CONTRACTING BEGINS

Aug 21, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The North American Pecan Harvest is just around the corner and both pecan growers and pecan buyers have bee...
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SOUTH AFRICAN PECAN HARVEST COMPLETE

Aug 16, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The South African Pecan harvest is all but complete, and despite a tumultuous market half way through the h...
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UPCOMING PECAN INDUSTRY EVENTS

Aug 14, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The North American Pecan industry will be holding several events in the next months for pecan industry part...
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RUMORS OF HIGH LEVEL FRAUD IN THE...

Aug 9, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Several weeks ago, growers from all over the country converged in San Marcos Texas for the Annual Texas Pec...
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PECAN BUYERS WATCHING PRICES VERY...

Aug 7, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan market has been in a state of turmoil over the past few months with prices moving significantly a...
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PECAN GROWERS BEGIN FRUIT THINNIN...

Aug 2, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the pecan growing season moves along in the southern US growers in the southeast are dealing with increa...
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IMPORTANT PECAN MEETING IN CHINA ...

Jul 31, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Many of largest pecan buyers, almond buyers, macadamia buyers, cashew buyers, walnut buyers, pistachio buye...
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GEORGIA CROP SIZING UP WELL DESPI...

Jul 26, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
North American Pecan farmers watch the pecan markets volatility as the US – China Trade War continues on; G...
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ARIZONA PECAN GROWERS TO MEET AUG...

Jul 24, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Arizona Pecan Growers Association will be holding its annual conference at the end of the month in Tucs...
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NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION MEETS I...

Jul 19, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The National Pecan Federation met this week at the Texas Pecan Growers annual meeting in San Marcos Texas. ...
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PECAN GROWERS MEET IN SAN MARCOS,...

Jul 17, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Texas Pecan Growers Association is holding its annual meeting in San Marcos, Texas this week. Beginning...
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TEXAS PECAN GROWERS ASSOCIATION (...

Jul 12, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Texas Pecan Growers Association will be holding their annual conference and trade show next week beginn...
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US-CHINA TRADE WAR RESULTS IN 47%...

Jul 10, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
US Pecans, along with other nuts of United States origin, received yet another tariff increase by the Chine...
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HOW NAFTA COULD AFFECT US AND MEX...

Jul 5, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US, Mexico and Canada have shared an open and free trade zone for more than 24 years when the North Ame...
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IN-SHELL PECAN PRICES ATTEMPT TO ...

Jul 3, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The South African Pecan Market has taken a hit over the past month with huge price swings causing buyers an...
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PECAN KERNEL INVENTORY HAS BUYERS...

Jun 28, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Recent increase in buying activities around the US and Mexico of pecan halves and pecan pieces now has ...
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2018 NATIVE PECAN CROP EXPECTED T...

Jun 26, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The native pecan crop in the US is estimated to make up around 30% of the overall pecan crop. Most of this ...
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IN-SHELL PECAN PRICES PLUMMET IN ...

Jun 21, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the pecan harvest season is drawing nearer to completion in South Africa, pecan growers and traders are ...
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TRI-STATE PECAN GROWERS MEET THIS...

Jun 19, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Tri-State pecan growers will be meeting in Raymond Mississippi on Thursday June 21, 2018 for their annu...
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OKLAHOMA PECAN GROWERS CONFERENCE...

Jun 14, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Oklahoma Pecan Growers will be holding their annual conference and trade show on June 14 – 16, 20...
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IN-SHELL PECAN PRICES SLIPPING IN...

Jun 12, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2018 South African Pecan farmers continue to harvest their crop, growers and exporters alike find th...
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2018 PECAN MARKET IN REVIEW

Jun 7, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2018 pecan marketing season has been an exciting season to say the least. The US pecan growers, sheller...
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TEXAS PECAN CROP UPDATE

Jun 5, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Across the southern United States of America pecan growers are watching their pecan crop and most growers f...
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PECAN CO-OP CONFIRMS GROWERS HAVE...

May 31, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Dewayne McCasland the former pecan co-op president confirmed in an email that the pecan co-op, Pecan Produc...
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WRONG ABOUT THE DEMAND FOR PECANS

May 29, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan growers, shellers and accumulators have set a global precedence in the pecan industry in...
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PECAN SCAB PRESSURE INCREASES IN ...

May 24, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan season is in full swing in the southeastern US and pecan growers are wide open spraying for scab on a...
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GEORGIA PECAN CROP UPDATE

May 22, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan crop in Georgia is coming along well with reports of Pawneepecan trees have a very good crop. The...
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US PECANS GET FUNDING FOR NEW MAR...

May 17, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US Pecan Growers Council, head quartered in Tifton Ga and headed up by Janice Dees, submitted a funding...
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US PECAN GROWERS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA

May 15, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
China is fast becoming one of the largest markets for both in-shell and shelled pecans. The Chinese now con...
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CHINESE PECAN BUYERS PLAY HARDBALL

May 10, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the pecan harvest in South Africa, Australia, Chile, Argentina, and a few other areas gets underway, loc...
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PECAN CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO RISE

May 8, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The USA is by far the largest exporter of pecan nuts in the world. The pecan is native to the North America...
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THE AMERICAN PECAN COUNCIL VOTED

May 3, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council received several submissions for funding of projects that would ultimately be be...
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SCOUTING PECANS WITH DRONES

May 1, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Imagine cruising through your pecan orchard scouting for insects or disease and instead of riding with your...
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THE AMERICAN PECAN COUNCIL UNVEIL...

Apr 26, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan industry launched the new branding of the American Pecan yesterday in New York city. The...
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JEFF MAKES STRONG RECOMMENDATION ...

Apr 24, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council convened on Monday and Tuesday of last week in official meetings to hash out det...
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE UPDA...

Apr 19, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
At the request of pecan industry professionals such as pecan sheller’s and pecan brokers, the USDA’s Foreig...
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AMERICAN PECAN COUNCIL MEETING TODAY

Apr 17, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council is hard at work in Dallas today at meetings discussing the future of the America...
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2018 SOUTH AFRICAN PECAN HARVEST

Apr 12, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2018 South African pecan harvest gets underway, the pecan growers say this could be the biggest crop...
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SOUTHEASTERN PECAN CROP EMERGING

Apr 10, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As spring begins in the US, pecan growers across the south begin to monitor their pecan foliage for health....
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US PECANS: FROM 7% TO 22%

Apr 5, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
On Tuesday April 3, 2018 we ran the “Pecan Tariffs and the China US Trade War” article, after speaking with...
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PECAN TARIFFS AND THE CHINA US TR...

Apr 3, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
On Monday morning the Chinese Government made good on a threat to Donald Trump and the US that if the US di...
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PECAN GROWERS FURIOUS

Mar 29, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan community was shocked to learn of the investigation into Pecan Producer Inc. due to hundre...
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GEORGIA PECAN GROWERS ANNUAL CONF...

Mar 27, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Georgia Pecan Growers Association will be holding its annual conference today and tomorrow in Tifton Ge...
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PECAN MEAT MARKET EXPERIENCING GR...

Mar 22, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2018 pecan marketing year gets underway pecan growers and pecan shellers are seeing growth on both s...
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SOUTH AFRICAN PECAN CROP SET TO I...

Mar 20, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2018 South African pecan harvest draws near the pecan growers in Hartswater, Upington, and Kimberly ...
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PECAN CO-OP CO-FOUNDER SAYS: IT’S...

Mar 15, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
On February 1, 2018 the global pecan community learned of an investigation into a Texas based pecan CO-OP t...
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US PECAN EXPORTS AT RISK

Mar 13, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
President Trump has long talked of correcting trade imbalances with China and the US and on Friday the Trum...
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PECAN EXPORT VALUES RISE AGAIN

Mar 8, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The United States has long dominated the global pecan landscape as well as the global pecan market. While N...
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WESTERN PECAN GROWERS MEET IN LAS...

Mar 6, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Western Pecan Growers Association is holding its 52nd annual conference today in sunny Las cruces New M...
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PECAN PRODUCTION DECLINES IN THE ...

Mar 1, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Dr. Bill Goff, long time pecan researcher, pecan grower, consultant and retired extension specialist, Aubur...
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SOUTHEASTERN PECAN GROWERS TALK SHOP

Feb 27, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The southeastern pecan growers’ association met on the sunny Alabama coast to discuss the future of the pec...
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MORE PECAN ACREAGE NEEDED

Feb 22, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
This year is like any other year in the past decade in the pecan industry. For more than a decade, pecan gr...
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PECAN CO-OP INVESTIGATION SPREADS...

Feb 20, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
On Feb 1, 2018 the global Pecan community learned of the investigation into a Texas based pecan co-op accus...
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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Feb 15, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Friday February 16, is the Official start of the 2018 Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the earth ...
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SOUTHEAST’S TOP PECAN VARIETIES

Feb 13, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the western pecan harvest draws near completion in the US the eastern pecan growers are busy planting ne...
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2018 PECAN TREE PLANTINGS INCREASE

Feb 8, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
2018 will be another big year for pecan tree plantings in the southern US, pecan tree nurseries reporting t...
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UPCOMING PECAN INDUSTRY EVENTS

Feb 6, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Industry will be holding multiple conferences across the country in the next 8 weeks and...
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FBI INVESTIGATES PECAN CO-OP

Feb 1, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecans have been a very profitable crop to grow and sell for most. Pecan prices have increased dramatically...
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PECAN MEAT MARKET TRENDING UPWARD

Jan 30, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan meat markets opened stronger today on higher volume. As the first quarter of the 2018 pecan seaso...
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PECANS : THE CHINA EFFECT

Jan 25, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
We all know China is a big purchaser of pecans, or more simply put China is a big purchaser. This is of cou...
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PECAN CONTRACTING SEASON

Jan 23, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
This is a busy time of year for pecan shellers. This is when many of the larger buyers of pecans begin rene...
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PECAN GROWERS STORE PECAN CROP FO...

Jan 18, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As the frigid temperatures continue to blanket the southern US, pecan growers in North America are attempti...
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PECAN TREE NURSERIES SOLD OUT FOR...

Jan 16, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan tree Nurseries are sold out again and several say they are already getting low on next year’s pecan t...
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ACCUMULATORS FINDING DEALS AS PEC...

Jan 11, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2017 – 2018 pecan harvest draws closer to completion, but for a few buyers, the pecan market is just ge...
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CHINESE PECAN BUYING ACTIVITY SLOWS

Jan 9, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
As 2018 gets underway pecan growers and suppliers of North America noticed pecan buying activity has slowed...
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PECAN ROASTER’S MAKE BIG PU...

Jan 4, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The Chinese New Year is a big event every year. This year the festivities begin on February 16, 2018 which ...
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US PECAN SHELLER’S GET MUCH NEEDE...

Jan 2, 2018 | By Matthew Bailey
The US Pecan has been on the move over the last decade and a half, with rapid expansion into international ...
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SECOND LARGEST PECAN PRODUCER DIS...

Dec 27, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
New Mexico is a large producer of pecan in the US, second only to Georgia in pecan production for the entir...
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INDEPENDENT PECAN SHELLER’S ON TH...

Dec 21, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
America and the pecan shelling industry as a whole, has long been dominated by a handful of large pecan she...
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PECAN TRUFFLES: A GROWING INDUSTRY

Dec 19, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan industry has seen impressive growth over the last ten years, with in-shell prices climbing from l...
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PECAN TREE HEDGING INCREASING IN ...

Dec 14, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the western US have been hedging pecan trees for decades, the practice of hedging in west ...
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USDA (NASS) PECAN CROP PRODUCTION...

Dec 12, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
On October 12, 2017 the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, Uni...
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FUTURE ORCHARD: AUTONOMOUS TREE S...

Dec 7, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Just south of Fresno California in the small town of Kingsburg, Crinklaw Farm Services is building what loo...
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TEXAS, AND OKLAHOMA PECAN CROPS C...

Dec 5, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Last week we reported on the significant loss of the Louisiana pecan crop due to the adverse weather condit...
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CHINESE PECANS NOW MORE AFFORDABLE

Nov 30, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
In February of 2015 China announced that it would lower tariffs on US Pecan Imports into China by a whoppin...
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LOUISIANA PECAN CROP COMING UP SHORT

Nov 28, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The state of Louisiana has a long history with pecans, in fact Louisiana along the Mississippi river is whe...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Nov 23, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
We wanted to take this time to say Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours, we are very honored to serv...
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2017 PECAN HARVEST MORE THAN HALF...

Nov 21, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2017 pecan harvest season commenced in late September starting with early season varieties, Pawnee (PWN...
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EASTERN PECAN GROWERS CONTINUE TO...

Nov 16, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers in the Eastern United States continue to deal with damaged pecans due to the affects tropical...
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WESTERN PECAN GROWERS PREPARE FOR...

Nov 14, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan season in the southern United States has gotten well underway for a large majority of the US pecan gr...
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US PRICES FALL AS MEXICAN PECANS ...

Nov 9, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Since August of this year the US pecan shelling industry has imported over 37 million pounds* of pecans fro...
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PECANS: A CASH CROP

Nov 7, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
While the American farmer continues to struggle make a profit, the industry as a whole says that there seem...
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APC IMMERSION TOUR CONTINUES

Nov 2, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The American Pecan Council will be continuing its “Immersion Tour” here in the southeastern US. Earlier thi...
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INDIA COULD BE THE NEXT BIG MARKE...

Oct 31, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
In recent years the US Pecan Growers Council has been actively marketing US Pecans around the globe; severa...
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PECAN BUYERS FINDING VALUE IN B-G...

Oct 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Harvest season in the Southern US and Mexico is always a busy time of year. Pecan nut growers spend the ent...
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IN-SHELL BUYING ACTIVITY INCREASE...

Oct 24, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2017 pecan nut harvest season continues, pecan buyers around the globe continue to scour the souther...
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EU, USA, & ISRAEL COMPETE FO...

Oct 19, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2017 – 2018 Pecan Nut harvest is getting well under way in the Eastern half of the US a battle of so...
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PECAN PRICES CONTINUE UPWARD TREND

Oct 17, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2017-2018 pecan harvest continues forward across the southern US and Mexico, many new buyers and pro...
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INCREASED PECAN ACREAGE NEEDED TO...

Oct 10, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The global pecan market has seen an increase in the pecan supply over the past 10 years, but not nearly eno...
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PAWNEE (PWN) PECAN PRICES START S...

Oct 5, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Most pecan growers in the southeast region of the US have completed cleanup from the high winds of tropical...
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PECAN MEAT MARKET HEATS UP

Oct 3, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the world pecan market continues to grow, US pecan sheller’s current capacity is struggling to keep up w...
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CHINA PECAN INVENTORIES VERY LOW

Sep 28, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Every year the Chinese people celebrate the coming of the new year with an annual Spring Festival that riva...
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2017 US PECAN HARVEST BEGINS

Sep 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
To say that the 2017 pecan growing season has been a challenge would be an understatement. US Pecan growers...
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STUART (STU) PECAN PRICES CLIMB

Sep 21, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan scouts were dispatched immediately after tropical storm Irma passed through Georgia, to assess the da...
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IRMA CLEANUP DELAYS 2017 US PECAN...

Sep 19, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The southeastern United States is still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane / tropical storm IRMA; and ...
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MEXICAN STANDOFF

Sep 14, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2017-18 pecan harvest season is only days away and seems to be off to a rocky start. The US pecan crop ...
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HOW TROPICAL STORM IRMA COULD AFF...

Sep 12, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
“The [pecan tree] branches are at the heaviest” said one South Georgia grower. The Georgia Pecan crop is ne...
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PECAN PIECES MARKET MAKING HUGE G...

Sep 12, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Export and domestic sales have been increasing in the pecan meat markets for quite some time now. This incr...
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PECAN GROWERS PREPARE FOR HARVEST

Sep 7, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As we enter begin September 2017 the pecan industry begins to heat up with buying and selling activities pr...
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PECAN PIECES MARKET CONTINUES UPWARD

Sep 5, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the 2017 pecan harvest season draws near, the contracting season for pecans has already begun with buyer...
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UPCOMING PECAN INDUSTRY EVENTS

Aug 31, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The pecan nut industry will be holding several events during the month of September, starting with the Nati...
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RECORD FLOODING IN TEXAS

Aug 29, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
[Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Texas is the 2nd largest producer o...
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PECAN PIECES MARKET CLIMBING

Aug 24, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the US Pecan harvest draws nearer many growers are putting on, what they hope to be some of the last spr...
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CHINESE ROASTERS PREPARE FOR PECA...

Aug 22, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Approximately 90 minutes’ drive from the bustling city of Hangzhou (population +/- 9.2 Million) lies a smal...
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HOW NAFTA COULD AFFECT THE GLOBAL...

Aug 17, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
First proposed in 1987 by Ronald Regan and signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1994 The North American Free ...
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HIGH DEMAND, SHORT SUPPLY

Aug 15, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The US Pecan Industry is an exciting market to be right now. With the newly formed American Pecan Board now...
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2017 MEXICO PECAN PRODUCTION

Aug 10, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2017 pecan growing season has been a challenge for producers around the globe. The South African crop p...
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PECAN PRICES HIGHER AND LOWER?

Aug 8, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
You’re probably thinking, how can prices be higher and lower, it has to be either one or the other, right? ...
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2017 GLOBAL PECAN OUTLOOK

Aug 3, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2017 China International Tree Nut Conference is being held in Guangzhou China. The event started on Wed...
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US PREPARES FOR PECAN HARVEST

Aug 1, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the weather heats up in the Southern US, pecan growers are working diligently to to keep SCAB at bay. So...
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TRI STATE UPDATE

Jul 28, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
We would like to say thank you to Mr. Stephen Norman of Rosalie Pecans for bringing us the following update...
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PECAN SPITTLEBUGS

Jul 10, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As this 2017 crop year progresses along we face common challenges in various parts of the US, and one of th...
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SOUTH AFRICA SOLD OUT AS BUYER...

Jun 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the South African pecan harvest is all but sold out pecan buyers are hoping for a good crop from the US ...
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SOUTH AFRICA SOLD OUT AS BUYER...

Jun 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the South African pecan harvest is all but sold out pecan buyers are hoping for a good crop from the US ...
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BULLISH PECAN PRICES EXPECTED TO ...

Jun 19, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan growers around the globe have seen great returns from their pecan crops season after season for many ...
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PECANS EXPECTED TO BOOST EXPORTS ...

Jun 9, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
In a recent article on the Herald website, a local news organization in Zimbabwe, I learned about the Zimba...
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TOP 3 SPRAYS FOR FIGHTING YELLOW ...

Jun 2, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Its June now, and for our brothers and sisters in South Africa and Australia, it means pecan harvest time, ...
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IN-SHELL PRICES ON THE RISE

May 30, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As the south African pecan harvest and the Australia pecan harvest get underway the growers in these two re...
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SCAB PRESSURE HEAVY

May 25, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Pecan Scab Pressure is Heavy The growing season for pecans is well underway here in the US and Mexico, and ...
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SOLD OUT – THE 2017 SOUTH A...

May 18, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
It’s that time of year again for South African pecan growers, accumulators, sheller’s and the like. That ti...
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PECAN HARVEST BEGINS IN SOUTH AFRICA

May 14, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
A few kilometers off of hwy 12 about 4 hours drive southwest of Johannesburg you will find a beautiful, sma...
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THE TOP 5 PECANS FOR 2017

May 4, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The 2016-17 harvest season was another great year for most pecan growers; prices held at a steady increase ...
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WOULD YOU USE DRONES IN YOUR PECA...

Apr 25, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
When I was a kid, I often enjoyed movies that portrayed the future with all the new technology such as flyi...
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BUDS OPEN!!!

Apr 17, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
Well, it’s that time of year again; we’ve all finished planting young trees in new land, fillin...
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ARE AMBROSIA BEETLES IN YOUR YOUN...

Feb 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
As many growers have seen over the past few years, ambrosia beetles can cause major losses in young trees. ...
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SEPGA – BILOXI, MS

Feb 26, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
The Southeastern Pecan Growers Association held its 110th annual conference this past weekend at the beauti...
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IS HEDGING RIGHT FOR YOUR ORCHARD?

Feb 13, 2017 | By Matthew Bailey
So, you’ve probably heard an abundance of talk about “hedging” in pecan orchards lately a...
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SOUTHEAST HARVEST COMING TO A CLOSE.

Dec 24, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
As the end of the year is drawing near, so too is the end of another harvest season in the Southeastern Uni...
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NMSU RECEIVED $4.4 MILLION GRANT ...

Dec 15, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
In order to examine in detail the genetics of the pecan plant, the New Mexico State University has received...
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IN-SHELL PRICES STILL ON THE RISE!!!

Dec 13, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
A couple weeks back you will remember the article we posted about the In-shell pecan prices paid to growers...
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GEORGIA PECAN CROP BETTER THAN EX...

Nov 17, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
While other parts of the country are dealing smaller crops than previously expected, one state seems to ple...
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CAPE FEAR PRICES HIGHEST EVER!!!

Nov 15, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
Cape Fear has long been a profitable and well liked pecan for farmers in Georgia and Alabama. The tree is a...
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HARVEST IS NOW IN FULL SWING!!!

Nov 8, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
As of today 11-8-16 the pecan harvest is in full swing in just about every corner of the pecan producing re...
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WILL MEXICO OUTPRODUCE THE USA?

Oct 9, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
Over the past 10 years many new orchards have been planted in the southern USA; from Northern Florida to al...
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SHOULD OTHER GROWERS CONTRIBUTE?

Oct 9, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
With the passage of the new Marketing Order in the Pecan Industry we have truly made a huge step forward fo...
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WILL PRICES FALL AFTER CHINESE NE...

Oct 9, 2016 | By Matthew Bailey
All seasoned growers know the benefit of an early harvest; and with our current in-shell pecan market heavi...

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