Growing up in rural McClure, Ill., we always had pecans on our trees at home. Many years ago my parents had two pecan trees grafted to grow large paper shell pecans. Many old-timers say you will ...

BENTON, Mo. -- When the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved through the area in the fall, the storms knocked large numbers of pecans off trees at area orchards. But the crop fared better than expected, ...