Australian pecan industry set to take flight as interest swells

Ashley Walmsley
Updated April 3 2019 - 10:24am, first published March 29 2019 - 1:00pm
READY: President of the Australian Pecan Association, Scott Clark, Lismore, NSW, with a prime example of the nut which he says has a lot going for it.
READY: President of the Australian Pecan Association, Scott Clark, Lismore, NSW, with a prime example of the nut which he says has a lot going for it.

THE trees have no major insect pests or diseases, they can live up to 400 years and their produce is currently bringing the same money per kilogram as macadamias.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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