THOMASVILLE Shipping Point Prices as of January 30, 2024. 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 BO_FV140 LOUISIANA Mild and cool evenings in the 40s-50s with days in the 60s and rain on Saturday and Monday. It will be slightly cooler in the north areas of the state. The issues with snow and ice on the roads has seemed to disappear this week and drivers are less stressed dealing with those severe conditions. There has been lots arriving with excess moisture on both hand picked and machine picked pecans affecting pricing. Prices paid to growers (late afternoon Tuesday, January 23, 2024 thru late afternoon January 30, 2024) 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. Native Seedlings (deliveries very light) machine harvested 37-38% meat yield 81-100, yard tree lots 50-60 occasional higher for export quality. Improved Varieties (deliveries very light) machine harvested 37% (few higher/lower) meat yields 73, yard tree lots 60 THIS IS THE LAST PECAN REPORT FOR 2023-2024 SEASON FOR LOUISIANA. THE NEXT REPORT IS SCHEDULED TO BE ISSUED IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 2024.