Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:44:46 -0500
From: Karen Tiede
Subject: Pecan processing
Here’s what I learned about places that process in-shell pecans:
http://www.ncpecans.org/sources.htm
Some pecan processers don’t answer email. It is their busy season.
You possibly shouldn’t make any processing decisions based on who does or does not list shelling on that site; apparently, the Goldsboro processers DO shell for the public at a rate of 35/50/85 cents per pound in-shell nuts, cracked, blown and cleaned, respectively. Other processers appear to be in the same range; some give a price break at the 500# level.
Pecans yield roughly one pound of meat for two pounds of in-shell nuts, so even at 85 cents you’re way ahead of the local grocery store prices.
Given that part of my life is in Goldsboro, I’ll probably take my 2008/9 nuts there, whenever my trees decide to let go of this year’s harvest. At least half the crop is still in the trees.
Karen Tiede
POB 380
Moncure, NC 27559