Just after midnight on Sept. 27, the fast-moving Hurricane Helene wiped out thousands of pecan trees and tens of thousands of pounds of pecans from Buck Paulk’s 4,100-acre pecan orchard in south ...

Hurricane damage wiped out years of growth, but recent federal and state aid is helping pecan farmers rebuild, replant, and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - In a major investment to support Georgia pecan growers, the USDA recently announced a $24 million investment to export more pecans overseas, specifically to India. Alex Willson, ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Taylor Moses was awake all night when Hurricane Helene landed on her pecan farm in Georgia. Moses said she and her husband, Arren, knew the hurricane would take a toll on their 800 acres of ...

UVALDA, Ga. — Georgia pecan farmers are looking for federal help to recover from Hurricane Helene, and some are worried they won't be able to save what's left of their orchards. Many were expecting to ...

Hurricane season coincides with pecan season. 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 ...

When Vance Hiers turned on The Weather Channel this week at his home in Dixie, the forecast he saw looked all too familiar. Last year, about a quarter of the 20,000 pecan trees on his family’s orchard ...

PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia's pecan farmers, still recovering from a dramatic drop in Chinese exports after 2017's trade dispute, now face new challenges as President Trump's latest round of tariffs ...