BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Alabama pecan growers saw prospects for a good year plucked from them when Tropical Storm Isaac blew through their trees in late August. But the problems state pecan growers have ...

Pecans are a delicious and nutritious snack option, but there are things to be mindful of when consuming them.

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 ...

LAS CRUCES - State agriculture officials say a license is required for anyone with a business in New Mexico who plans to buy in-shell pecans that are grown here commercially or from residential trees.

The United States is the largest producer of pecans in the world, and there is one state in the country that is responsible ...

Walking into Valley View Pecan Company, the smell of fresh-cracked pecans and homemade candies evoke a scrumdiddlyumptious thought of what it would be like to enter Willy Wonka’s candy factory.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Before those sweet and savory pecans make their way into your pecan pie or other holiday treat, they may go through an antimicrobial wash to reduce pathogens. But why would that ...

Grafting pecans became popular after an enslaved man named Antoine who lived on a Louisiana plantation successfully produced ...

On October 2006, at a global food trade show in Paris, several representatives from the U.S. pecan industry found themselves pursuing something of a fool’s errand. They were seeking a European market ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture has issued an emergency pecan weevil quarantine effective Nov. 20 for a duration of 180 days for Chaves, Curry, Eddy, and Lea counties. The ...

Pecans are a victim of culinary typecasting. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think pecans? It's got to be pecan pie, or maybe pralines. Or perhaps the buttered and sugared pecan ...