Dothan Eagle in Dothan, Alabama

Pecan Growers Seek Price Support Plan

H 5 Jennings secretary treasurer of the Southeastern Pecan Growers Association says growers will ask the government for a price support program this fall to stabilize the pecan market. He notes foreign nut imports and higher U S nut yields hurt a once steady market, with pecans a major Georgia crop. Sam Sommer, president of the Georgia association, recalls a tentative plan by the Agriculture Department last year that was too large for the Commodity Credit Corp to approve.