Beef a bit pricy? have to say that grass fed tastes different too.
Were these the smaller Northern Pecans or the regular sized Pecans? Already shelled?
About 40 years ago I read an article about a Pecan Tree found growning in Illinois along the banks of the Mississippi river. ( Now named Carya Illinoinensis) The article was in Rodales Organic Gardening, and they were looking for growers to trial them. ( I was living in Chicago at the time so I didn’t!)
Here is an interesting website by a Pecan breeder who discusses Northern Pecans. (Augie this might interest you too!)
(He has a PHD but his picture shows him wearing his Oshgosh overall so apparently does not hesitate to work around his Pecan Orchard/Plantation)
https://northernpecans.blogspot.com/
Discusses a number different Pecan varieties. A number from MO mentioned. Probably go for the ones that do not have scab and form a good windbreak. (Probably want on the north side of your fields in any case!)
(My Notables in his list of pecans are mostly Scab resistant, shell well, and the nuts do not blacken quickly: Greenriver, Hark, Kanza, Lakota, Oswego, Shepard, Surecrop ( early, some scab resistance; This one patented by Stark bros) Waccama (2nd earliest.) Warren 346 (Very Early, scab resistant., small nut) Origin: Native pecan tree found by Dale Warren in his native grove located in the Grand River floodplain south of Wheeling, MO.)
Anyone who wants pecans should read to see why, and why NOT, to get certain pecan varieties. (Have scab, enormous trees, Crops grow Alternate years, etc.)
Mrs. Augie has been trying to talk me into planting a row of pine trees along the pasture fence next to our driveway.
I like the idea of planting pecan trees a whole lot better.