Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virgil Vaughn's family and neighbors still halfway expect him to step out into his pecan orchard. This autumn marks the third ...

Belding Farms General Manager Zachary Swick poses for a portrait at the farm on Sept. 23, 2024, in Fort Stockton. The farms dispute over exporting water comes as the states population booms and water ...

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 ...

Nestled along the San Marcos Highway just outside of Lockhart, Texas, Swift River Pecans is more than just a pecan farm — it’s a hub of sustainable innovation and ecological stewardship. Owned and ...

Most of the ranches that we cover here at Chron—and there are so, so many of them—have been used to raise cattle, or horses, or maybe most often, the next generation of hunters. But the 2,650 acres ...

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 pecan ...

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 ...

HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. — When Hurricane Michael heaved through Georgia five years ago, it damaged farms across the state, including trees at King Springs Pecan Farm in Hawkinsville. Farm Manager Cody Casey ...