Lenny Wells

  • The UGA Pecan School (also known as the Pecan Beginners Course) will be held in conjunction with the Georgia Pecan Growers Conference coming up on March 20, 2024 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia. The class will cover all aspects of pecan production including economic considerations, pecan varieties, planting, insect, weed, and disease…

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  • 2024 UGA Pecan Spray Guide

    The 2024 UGA Pecan Spray Guide is now available at the link below: https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%20841_13.PDF

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  • This is a topic that I’ve harped on quite a bit through the years but its hard to convince growers they can hold off certain nutrients when pecan prices are high. Now that prices are lower than we would like and cost of production is higher than we would like, many growers are looking for…

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  • Don’t Forget to Return Pecan Surveys

    The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service wants to remind growers to mail back their completed pecan survey or complete the survey online by Thursday, February 15th. After this date interviewers will start to follow up by phone with growers to get their pecan surveys completed. If growers would like an in…

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  • January 29 Tattnall/Evans County February 1 Grady County February 7 Peach County February 8 Toombs/Treutlen/Montgomery February 13 Cook County February 14 Crisp County February 15 Colquitt County February 20 Sumter County February 21 Thomas County February 22 Laurens County February 27 Appling County Febrary 28 Brooks County March 7 Ben Hill/Irwin/Wilcox Counties March 12 Mitchell…

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  • 2023 Pecan Crop Update

    The Georgia pecan harvest is well underway and many growers are not pleased with what they’re finding. Overall the state crop is off by about 1/3 of what was expected according to many growers. The region in extreme southern Georgia and east Georgia through which Hurricane Idalia passed is suffering from a further, storm-reduced crop…

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  • Update on Pecan Damage from Hurricane Idalia

    From the information we’ve been able to gather so far, the worst damage to pecans from Idalia seems to be from the SW corner of Georgia around Bainbridge along the state line, through Thomas and Brooks counties into Valdosta, then up through Berrien/Cook/Irwin and from there over to Ware and Pierce Counties. Going North of…

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