Thursday, 14 October 2004 - 11:02 PM

Good morning! As we get closer to harvest here in southwest Missouri, we are becoming more disappointed. It seems the excess rain and perhaps late frost in early May caused more damage than we thought. High prices will be nice for those with a crop. Too high a price can be a bad thing as the food manufacturers will substitute something else for pecans in some of their recipes. This will cause much lower prices next time there is a good crop as the demand base will be slow to return.

There is a lady in Eldorado Springs, Mo. with a Savage shaker for sale. She can't find a tag on it but says it's either a 4200 or 2542. Priced around $4500 or a little less. Call 417-667-3501 and we'll get you her #.

Monday, 25 October 2004 - 12:55 PM

I wish our pecans were better this year. Too many are not ripe / or dried out. But then, it does not really matter - we inherited the trees with the house, so they are considered to be "free gifts". Trees too old? House was built in the mid-60s.