THOMASVILLE Shipping Point Prices as of December 29, 2023. Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable AMS Specialty Crops Division Federal-State Market News Service, USDA. Phone: (404) 361-1376 Fax: (404) 363-2523 (via: Forest Park-Atlanta, GA ) Recorder: (404) 366-0360 TV_FV140 GEORGIA (via: Forest Park-Atlanta, GA) The weather for the week will be cool and on the mild side with evenings in the mid-high 30s and days in the low 50s to mid-60s. Rain is not expected until next Wednesday and Thursday starting with the north areas on Wednesday and into South Georgia by Thursday. This gives growers a small window of opportunity to finish working in the orchards and bringing in what is left in Georgia as most are finished for the season and just waiting to accept offers at this point. Prices have dropped slightly and some growers with export quality or large pecans may wait to sell them after the first of the year in hopes of more demand and higher prices offered while others may take the cold storage options if they can afford the extra expense of holding onto them. This year’s market has some growers contemplating whether or not to continue to grow pecans or make new plans. Options are to take the trees down as some have done or not replace the ones lost to weather conditions and plant new crops. Many are offering their orchards to be sold or leased as some with families have decided not to continue on after the elders retire and cannot afford to wait for prices offered to go up and satisfy all parties. Most of the offerings are Blends and prices are still trending downward as demand is moderate and sales still on the slow side. Prices for Blends mostly with Stuarts and export quality (nut count 50-56) 46-48% meat yields $1.60-1.70 few high as $1.80 per pound, Blends with export quality Desirables (nut count 47-49) meat yields 49-52% $1.70-1.75 occasional $1.85 per pound. Commercial sheller prices of Stuart Blends (nut count 60-70) 46-49% meat yields $3.15-3.25 per point, (nut count 60-70) 40-43% meat yields $2.80-3.00 per point and under 40% to 37% $2.50-2.70 per point. Lots with damage, excess moisture and rot have lower price offerings. Prices paid to growers (late afternoon Thursday, December 21, 2023 thru late afternoon Friday, December 29, 2023) at buyers delivery point or F.O.B. the orchard including direct sales to end users, cents per pound in-shell of generally good quality in lots of 20,000 pounds or less unless otherwise stated. Desirables (deliveries very light) yard tree lots 100-115 Elliott (deliveries very light) yard tree lots 100-115 few higher Moneymakers (deliveries light) yard tree lots 60-70 Native Seedlings (deliveries very light) yard tree lots 65-70 Schley (deliveries light) yard tree lots 90-100 Stuarts (deliveries very light) 46- 48% meat yield 130-152, yard tree lots 90-100 Lots over 20,000 pounds including truckloads: Majority of the lots are Blends. See prices above on page one. THE NEXT GEORGIA PECAN REPORT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2024.