Expert growers teach how to make a pecan tree produce year after year. Consider the pecan tree growth rate and harvest schedule before planting your own trees. Have you ever wondered what it would ...

The first cellphone call Troy Swift ever made was to buy pecan trees. It was 2000, and after he’d just taken Texas Agrilife Extension’s pecan short course, a class that teaches the basics about ...

Owners of one of the largest irrigated pecan orchards in the world are offering a behind-the-scenes look at how their product makes it to store shelves. Starting on Thursday, Dec. 5, the Green Valley ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...

The state's No. 1 nut -- the pecan -- was tough to crack last season, and few pecan enthusiasts feel good about the prospects for the crop this coming season. Poor weather -- especially heavy rains ...

This is the second in a two-part series about pecan farming in the El Paso region. You can read Part I here. Inside a nondescript building off North Loop Drive, where longtime farmland sits adjacent ...