LUTHER, Oklahoma -- Despite the extreme heat and subsequent drought of the summer, one Oklahoma farmer is preparing for a bountiful harvest. "The heat and drought was hard on everything, trees, ...

When it comes to popular seasonal foods grown in Oklahoma, nothing is as apple pie as pecans. Though pecan production in Georgia and New Mexico will far exceed Oklahoma’s this year, the nuts aren’t ...

Growing up in rural McClure, Ill., we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers say you will ...

With the recent cold snap, Oklahoma pecans are beginning to fall. The late freeze ensured that the pecans would be fully formed when they dropped, so the crop is great this year, said Vernon Conrad of ...

Millican Pecan Company‘s roots go deep in the history of the state nut of Texas. The San Saba orchard and the modern pecan industry were started by E.E. Risien in 1888 when he popularized the ...

I grew up on a farm in rural McClure, Illinois, and we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers ...

One of my Christmas memories includes sitting at the kitchen table shelling pecans. My grandfather taught me the one to one method-eat one, put one in the bowl-much to my grandmother's dislike.

FORT WORTH -- The humble pecan is being rebranded as more than just pie. Pecan growers and suppliers are hoping to sell U.S. consumers on the virtues of North America's only native nut as a hedge ...