The NMSU Pecan Production Short Course is being planned for October 2022 depending on logistics.
The Short Course was last taught in 2020 and has been postponed since by Covid19 protocols. Please contact Dr. Richard Heerema at rjheerem@nmsu.edu for more information about plans for the NMSU Pecan Production Short Course for 2022.
More Fun Pecan Facts
The first documented evidence of nut consumption occurred around 7,000 BC, during the Stone Age.
Many varieties of pecan are alternate-bearing. This means that one year the tree will produce large quantities of nuts and the following year they will produce smaller harvests.
Pecan trees can live to over 200 years.
Pecans are the only tree nut that is truly native to the United States.
In 2018, New Mexico replaced Georgia as the top producing state for Pecans.