Texas pecan production continues challenging cycle

  • THE 2024 GROWING season is expected to be another subpar year for Texas pecan orchards. Some locations should see good yields, but weather was too dry in some areas and too wet in others for statewide success. Photo courtesy of Laura McKenzie/ Texas A&M AgriLife
    THE 2024 GROWING season is expected to be another subpar year for Texas pecan orchards. Some locations should see good yields, but weather was too dry in some areas and too wet in others for statewide success. Photo courtesy of Laura McKenzie/ Texas A&M AgriLife

    Season-to-season factors continue to keep Texas pecan production from reaching previous yield benchmarks, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

    Monte Nesbitt, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulture specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, said pecan trees typically produce good to heavy crops followed by a light to very light cr…