A dozen years ago, the Futrals decided on a whim to plant a few pecan trees on a tract of family land in Randolph County.

Pecan season is here. Pecan trees are native to Arkansas, and their nuts are a welcome sign of fall. While many people would like to have them as a shade tree with benefits -- to produce large, ...

On a clear September night along the San Marcos River in central Texas, a handful of people in headlamps gathered around a small, noisy creature: an evening bat. Melissa Donnelly, a science specialist ...

Grafting pecans became popular after an enslaved man named Antoine who lived on a Louisiana plantation successfully produced ...

SAN SABA, Texas — For the Millican family, the San Saba River has always been more than a water source, it’s been a partner in their livelihood. Their pecan orchard, planted in 1888, has been passed ...

SCOTT -- There is a small pecan orchard in fourth-generation farmer Billy Jeter's childhood backyard planted by his uncle that reminds him today of his family's farming legacy. Though the Jeter ...

An agriculture company based in Edmond and with an office in Talala has announced that it has completed a series of transactions totaling roughly $60 million for the acquisition and/or development of ...

Editor's note: This is one in a series of landmarks — southern New Mexico historical institutions and landscape features that you may or may not be aware of before reading the article. We'll write ...

Janet Debelak Tyburec, of Bat Survey Solutions, measures the ears of an evening bat on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 at Swift River Pecans in Lockhart, Texas. These bats eat lots of different insects in ...