Pecan season is here. Pecan trees are native to Arkansas, and their nuts are a welcome sign of fall. While many people would like to have them as a shade tree with benefits -- to produce large, ...

Pecans are the seeds of a species of hickory trees indigenous to the Southern and Southwestern United States and Mexico. A new pecan tree can begin bearing pecans at around 10 years old, but, ...

Arguably the star in any mixed nut bag, pecans are big business in the United States. According to the American Pecan Council, the U.S. produces more than 300 million pounds of pecans annually, mostly ...

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — A Fort Valley Pecan business is going nuts after learning the federal government is awarding it $250,000 from the Department of Agriculture. Pecan Nation plans to use that money to ...