Pecans Growers Seminar

We have arranged for three well respected speakers to be presenters at the inaugural Vaughn Family Pecan Farm Seminar Series:
Jim McKenna will kick the morning off. Mr. McKenna is affiliated with the Forest Service and is located in West Lafayette at Purdue University. He is a hardwoods specialist.
Dr. Bill Reid works with the USDA Pecan Experimental Station at Kansas State University and is currently an Extension Crop Nut Specialist.
Dr. L J Grauke is a Research Horticulturalist with the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service in College Station, Texas.

The Seminar speakers will be presenting in the High School Commons located at 500 S. Gardner Street, Scottsburg, IN 47170. The morning speaker session will begin with a meet and greet session at 8:00 AM with coffee.

After lunch we will resume with the tours starting at 1:00 PM for attendees that wish to travel to the Vaughn Family Pecan Farm. The farm is located at 1208 West Craig Road, Scottsburg, IN 47170. A number of named pecan cultivars are growing on the farm, as well as a number of experimental varieties that we are testing for the USDA Pecan Program.