After an overnight torrent soaked the sandy soil and winds whipped across his orchard, Willis Hartley knew he was seeing something truly terrible only at daybreak. That's because he saw light. On any ...

Few if any trees are more stately than the pecan tree. The average life span of a pecan tree is between 200 and 300 years, ...

FORT STOCKTON, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Zachary Swick plucked a pecan from one of the 78,000 trees at ...

BRUNSWICK – Pecan trees are the root of Brunswick’s tourism industry, and this town is “nuts” about pecans. The Chariton County town is home to fewer than 1,000 people, and they take pride in their ...

Dashing through the snow in a front-wheel drive sleigh … the seasonal holiday road trip is a right of passage for many families. At one time, the roadside icon Stuckey’s was often a likely stop. “At ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - As thousands of people work to recover from Hurricane Idalia, some farmers are trying to figure out how to restore their crops. Rick Assad has grown pecans on his ...

A Texas woman agreed to have her pecan tree decorated for Christmas to bring some joy to her terminally ill father. Now, more than 15 years later, the tree is a Christmas staple, drawing visitors from ...

Severe weather is seldom kind to agriculture. A hard freeze too late in March or April shrinks a peach crop, while excessive temperatures and moisture yield lackluster, fungus-ridden tomatoes.