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 ...

It’s mid-October and Bran and Karla Futral, the owners and operators of Futral Farms pecan orchard in Woodland, are eager to get rolling. It’s harvest season for one of their pecan varieties — which ...

Virgil Vaughn's family and neighbors still halfway expect him to step out into his pecan orchard. This autumn marks the third harvest at Vaughn Family Pecan Farm since “the nut man’s” death, but his ...