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  • Brooks County Extension will be holding an in-orchard pecan meeting Tuesday, March 19th at 10 am and will end with lunch. The meeting will be held at Hiers Orchards, 468 Pidcock Road, Dixie, GA. Please call the office at 229-263-4103 to RSVP.

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  • Pecan Production Meeting will be Thursday, February 15th at noon. Please RSVP to 229-263-4103 if you plan to come.

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  • Below is a list of the 2018 Brooks County Production Meetings. Please RSVP to the office at 229-263-4103 a few days before each meeting so we can have a head count.

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  • Below is a blog post from Lenny Wells, pecan specialist about Hurricane Irma. After a blog post about the approach of one of the Tropical Storms that came through Georgia last year, a friend of mine said to me, “You couldn’t offer them any advice except to turn the water off?” Well, we are facing a…

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  • Lowndes County is having a pecan production meeting next Monday, July 17th from 12 pm to 2 pm. Please let the Lowndes Office know if you plan to go. Their number is (229)333-5185.

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  • Brooks County will be hosting a In-Orchard pecan production meeting next week at noon on Tuesday March 15th. The meeting will take place at Hiers Farm in Dixie, GA. Dr. Lenny Wells giving us an update on pecan production management for 2016. Please join us for this meeting, and be sure to call the office by…

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  • Pecan Pruning at Planting

    Here is a good article from our UGA Pecan Extension Specialist Lenny Wells, For many things related to pecan production, there are almost as many opinions out there about how to do something as there are people to ask. When you get varying opinions on a subject, the thing to do is look at the science behind…

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  • Crop Overview/Harvest Outlook

    Here is the 2015 Pecan Crop Overview/Harvest Outlook from Dr. Lenny Wells, With harvest already started on Pawnee, pecan growers will soon be in the heat of the battle to get the crop harvested and sold. With that in mind, I wanted to offer this overview of how the crop looks to this point and our current…

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  • Below is a great article from Dr. Lenny Wells concerning sprayer coverage in our pecan orchards For those of you who may have missed the GPGA Field Day in Byron, GA last week, I wanted to share with you what I consider one of the most clear-cut demonstrations of sprayer coverage I have ever seen.…

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  • Here is a nice article from Lenny Wells covering three newer pecan cultivars, The topic of cultivars is an endless source of discussion for pecan growers. We are always on the lookout for the perfect cultivar but in reality it probably doesn’t exist. Every orchard situation is different and there are problems with any cultivar you can…

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