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, ...

AUSTIN — If you love pecans, but don't love cracking them yourself, there's a service in Austin that will do it for you. The Lamar Senior Activity Center in Central Austin is once again offering its ...

“That mindset hasn’t made its way to the pecan industry yet, but we’re pushing for that,” Selman says. With pecans, when it’s time for harvest, a giant C-clamp-like machine “grabs” the tree trunks and ...

Walking into Valley View Pecan Company, the smell of fresh-cracked pecans and homemade candies evoke a scrumdiddlyumptious thought of what it would be like to enter Willy Wonka’s candy factory.

BENTON, Mo. -- When the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the area in the fall, the storms knocked large numbers of pecans off trees at area orchards. But the crop fared better than expected, ...