HURRICANE MICHAEL JUST DEVASTATED GEORGIA’S 2018 PECAN CROP

Peacan Report. ^ | OCTOBER 11, 2018 | Staff

[piasa]

Going to be some very unhappy macaws here

[Alas Babylon!]

Ditto.

But I’m in Southern Alabama, so a lot of mine blew down last night.

[piasa]

Never heard of purple flowering walnut...

[lee martell]

I may be mixing Walnuts up with Chestnuts.

[piasa]

Black walnuts make really good pies. Of course they aren’t cheap, either.

[Figment]

Collin St Bakery uses Texas pecans too

[Lean-Right]

It’s not all doom and gloom. Most major
growers won’t go broke because of weather
devastation. Crop insurance covers most
of the loss. The cost to the consumer
is where the loss will be felt. The
Chinese consume about 50% of the US
production of pecans.

[trebb]

Yep - most pecans that hit the stores are from the previous year so next year should see a shortage...but they will try to recoup some of the cost this year....