Because demand from the Chinese has caused a shortage in supplies, customers who were paying $3 to $4 per pound for shelled pecans five years ago are now paying $6 to $7 a pound, says Richard Walden, who runs Farmers Investment Co. in Sahuarita, the largest pecan grower/processor and the largest certified organic grower/processor of pecans in the world.
Walden and his crews are preparing for their harvest, which starts just about the time the rest of us are enjoying our Thanksgiving pecan pies. Read all about it in Monday's Arizona Daily Star and on StarNet.