OKLAHOMA CITY (VIA PHOENIX) Shipping Point Prices January 24, 2012   
 
Provided by:  Fruit and Vegetable Market News,
              Federal-State Market News Service, USDA.
 
Phone: (602) 514-7210    Fax: (602) 514-7215
 
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OKLAHOMA PECAN REPORT (via Phoenix).

---OKLAHOMA  

Deliveries by growers to buying points were very light. Demand was fairly 
good for good quality pecans. Harvesting was slow this week. Trade sources 
report some pecan quality problems due to pecan scab and pecan weevil damage. 
Harvesting is slowing down, and in some areas across the state, has come to 
an end for the season.

The weather forecast for the balance of the week calls for high temperatures 
from the mid-40s to low 60s, with low temperatures in the upper 20s to mid-
40s.  There is a 100 percent chance of precipitation on Tuesday, January 24, 
30-90 percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday, January 25, a 20-40 
percent chance of precipitation on Thursday, January 26, and no precipitation 
expected between Friday, January 27 and Sunday, January 29.

Buying interest displayed by end users was moderate for retail in-shell, gift 
pack use, and moderate for commercial sheller use as shellers utilize 
inventories on hand or make purchases from other production areas. Trading 
was light for in-shell and gift pack uses.
 
Purchases of Improved varieties displaying good quality, nut count and high 
meat yield suitable for in-shell and gift pack purposes were insufficient to 
establish a market and native varieties were insufficient to establish a 
market. 

Prices paid to growers at Oklahoma delivery points or f.o.b. the orchard from 
noon Tuesday, January 17, 2012 to noon Tuesday, January 24, 2012, cents per 
pound in-shell in lots less than 20,000 pounds, mostly small lots of 1,000-
5,000 pounds.

Natives: (deliveries light) too few to establish a market.

THIS IS THE FINAL OKLAHOMA PECAN REPORT OF THE SEASON.