Pecan production, prices up in Texas as disease, dry weather loom

Texas pecan growers are looking at an above-average crop and are hoping price improvement will follow.

Expectations are that Texas’ 2026 pecan season will produce modestly larger yields than last year, but that disease, extreme dry and hot weather in August could negatively impact nut kernel fill, said Monte Nesbitt, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service pecan specialist and associate pro…