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Pecans on the ground in an orchard on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. CAES News
Pecan Grafting 04/09/15 Clint Thompson
Georgia pecan farmers can learn the art of grafting during a free clinic, hosted by University of Georgia Extension horticulturist Lenny Wells, which will take place at the UGA Ponder Farm in Tifton, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 21, at 10 a.m.
Pecans on the ground in an orchard on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. CAES News
Georgia Pecans 01/12/15 Clint Thompson
Too much, and then too little, rain left Georgia pecan growers with smaller and, sometimes, empty nuts this season. The small size of pecans in the crop this year is expected to significantly impact the state’s overall production.
Pecans in a tree on the UGA Ponder Farm in Tifton, Ga. CAES News
Pecan Outlook 10/28/14 Clint Thompson
Georgia’s dry summer helped save its pecan crop, according to University of Georgia Extension horticulture specialist Lenny Wells.
Pictured is a pecan affected by scab disease. CAES News
Pecan Scab Resistance 10/09/14 Clint Thompson
A major disease plaguing Georgia’s pecan crop, scab is a growing problem for state producers due to increasing resistance to the fungicides used to control the disease.
cracked pecans CAES News
Pecan Field Day 08/14/14
The Southeast Georgia Pecan Field Day has been set for Aug. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Parker Brothers Farm in Baxley. Sponsored by University of Georgia Extension, the field day is planned specifically for the growing number of pecan growers in the southeastern region of Georgia.
Prionus root borer larvae can chew through underground irrigation pipes. CAES News
Prionus Root Borers 03/24/14 Clint Thompson
A University of Georgia researcher is using two new traps and the beetle’s sex drive to trap and control the pest that damages the roots of pecan trees.
Pecans on the ground in an orchard on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. CAES News
Georgia Pecan Crop 03/18/14 Clint Thompson
Georgia’s 2013 pecan crop was not as plentiful as farmers hoped for, and one University of Georgia expert says this year’s crop could be even worse — if history repeats itself.
This picture shows cotton being picked at the Gibbs Farm in Tifton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. CAES News
2014 Farm Bill 02/06/14 Clint Thompson
Georgia farmers can no longer bank on subsidized payments from the federal government.
Here's a look at some of the pecans being researched on the University of Georgia Tifton campus. CAES News
Pecan Breeding 01/02/14 Clint Thompson
Pecan scab — a fungal disease — reduced Georgia’s projected pecan crop by almost half this year. That’s extra motivation for Patrick Conner, who’s attempting to breed a scab-resistant pecan variety at the University of Georgia Tifton campus.