Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Police beat Thieves turn to pecan orchards UPDATE
Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:57 AM
New York Times, in Georgia, reports on the rise in pecan thefts. Yes, pecan thefts. At $1.50 a pound, they are easy to grab up, impossible to identify as stolen goods and readily turned into cash at processors.
Surely not in Arkansas. But the crop of the official state nut was up substantially this year.
UPDATE: An Arkansas farmer tells me this is the worst season he's seen for pecan thievery, with crews of people setting upon orchards. Illegal pickers have torn down "Posted" signs. 18 uninvited people turned up in his orchard near Scott last weekend and threatened a couple that had been invited to come pick. He says wet weather has made it hard for mechanical harvesters to get into the field, leaving windfall for the thieves. The sheriff's office is on call, he said.
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Right before Thanksgiving I headed down Highway 65 on a trip... it was early to mid-morning, yet by every pecan grove I passed I saw folks out in the groves picking up pecans. One even had a baby stroller he was chunking pecans into.
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Neighbor had 180 round bales of hay stolen right out of her field. That job requires a large tractor and probably 9 flatbed trailers. Same issue-can't identify it once it is gone.
If you cook on a grill, or use a smoker, pecan wood imparts taste better than hickory or mesquite.
Walnuts were going for $.10/pound (shelled) here. Two old, fat people working 7 hours managed 170 lbs or $17.
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10 years ago I saw a pick up truck filled to heaping with black walnuts (still in husks) and I thought hey a good money source. We have a bunch in the woods.
Then talking to the occupants found he might get up to $75!
I kept my city job.
TuckerMax - The official State Nut is Mark Pryor - Thank GOD he will be gone in 2014. He will be Lincolnized just like old Blanche. All the politicking in the world by Daddy will not save his this time. It is known in the legal circle that Mark was a horrible lawyer, he was a horrible Attny. General, and he has been an even much worse Senator. Bye Bye Mark. You Daddy can't save your ass in 2014.
Offal, I agree that Mark Pryor will likely lose if he is the Democratic senatorial candidate in 2014. The result if he does lose to a Rethuglican Tea Pot Head? Someone who will make Attila the Hun seem civilized in comparison will represent Arkansans in the U.S. Senate along with his evil twin Booze-man.
Theft is up all over. If you can't find a job, you steal. Blame it on the Republicans, who kill the jobs bills.
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