Quarterly Newsletters

June 2025

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March 2025

Our annual farm tour will be held Friday, May 9. Max Draughn is graciously hosting the event at Bass Pecan Farm located at 19470 Highway 18 in Raymond, Mississippi. Registration begins at 9AM, and the tour will begin at 9:45. We will cover strategies for irrigation, fertilization and nutrition, orchard cost reduction, and optimal spray schedule. A formal invite has been mailed and emailed to all current members. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at alpecangrowers@gmail.com. Members from other Southeastern pecan associations will be joining us

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June 2022

It is late June extreme heat and very little rain here; my crop is looking good so far. We’ve had several good comments about our new monthly publication TIPS FROM THE ORCHARD, our goal is to help pecan growers focus on monthly task and insect to be aware of, thanks to everyone who has contributed. We are looking forward to our summer tour Aug.2nd in north Alabama this year, details are included…


March 2022

It is again time to get the chemicals ordered, get the sprayers serviced and
ready to go. It was nice to see the price of pecans easing back up, I just hope it will offset the price of chemicals & fertilizer. I have talked to several growers like myself who have planted new trees this year….