Pecan Grove Farms

What Pecan Grove Farms does

Pecan Grove Farms is a vertically-integrated, family-owned pecan ingredients and tree-nursery operator headquartered in Cedar Creek, Texas. The company controls every step from nursery to orchard to processing across five farms in Texas and New Mexico totaling 6,850 acres, with 115,900+ mature producing trees and an annual nursery output of 92,000 container-grown trees. Core product lines are in-shell pecans and kernels in Pawnee, Wichita, and Western varieties, USDA/TDA/NMDA-certified container trees sold to commercial orchard operators (minimum 20-tree orders), and ancillary farming services to affiliated growers (in-shell cleaning, custom hedging and harvesting, and cloud-hosted dashboarding technology outsourcing).

The company's points of technical differentiation are its proprietary Trace The Case® QR-code platform (registered trademark) for box-per-box origin traceability and its soilless-media container tree growing method, which the company reports achieves 100% root-system retention versus 10-15% for bare-root trees. Tree product is shipped at 2,500 trees per 53' truckload versus approximately 1,000 for typical 6-gallon containers. Operations are organized horizontally across food manufacturer/ingredient buyers, affiliated pecan growers, commercial orchard operators, and agricultural education programs (4H/FFA, school farm tours).

The business model combines one-time product sales of pecans and container trees with professional-services revenue from cleaning, custom orchard work, and technology outsourcing to affiliated grower networks. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company sells exclusively B2B; direct consumer sales are intentionally not offered and individual buyers are referred to Berdoll Candy and Gift Store. Distribution is via a direct enterprise sales team (phone-based, with separate motions for Pecans, Farms, Nursery, Farm Tours, and Farming Services). Marketing combines the corporate website (with multilingual collateral in Spanish, Korean, Japanese, German, French, Dutch, and Chinese), social media, industry association participation (Texas Pecan Grower Association, American Pecan Council, National Pecan Sheller's Association), and community engagement programs (farm tours, 4H/FFA support, internships), targeting food manufacturers and ingredient buyers domestically and internationally through a newly launched Ingredients Division.

Name

Pecan Grove Farms

Legal name

Pecan Grove Farms

Website

https://pecangrovefarms.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pecan Grove Farms is a family-owned, vertically-integrated pecan ingredients company operating 5 farms across 6,850 acres in Texas and New Mexico, selling Pawnee, Wichita, and Western in-shell pecans, certified container-grown nursery trees, and farming services to food manufacturers, affiliated growers, and commercial orchard operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cedar Creek

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Pecan Product Sales: Sale of high-quality in-shell pecans in 'Pawnee', 'Wichita', and 'Western' varieties. Offered in wide range of sizes and grades with custom sizes available. New Ingredients Division expanding domestic and international offerings.
2. Container Tree Sales: Sale of 92,000 annually grown container trees in commercially viable certified pure varieties. Minimum order of 20 trees. Compliance agreements with most states for seamless tree transitions.
3. Farming Services: Inshell pecan cleaning services for affiliated growers with quick turnaround and efficient sorting. Custom hedging and harvesting equipment services. Technology outsourcing with dashboarding capability.
4. Nursery Operations: Container tree production and sales from Bastrop and Fabens nursery operations, including 92,000 trees annually and sales to local growers from Fabens location.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Pecan Grove Farms is an integrated pecan farming and ingredients company that grows, processes, and sells high-quality in-shell pecans and shelled pecan kernels in Pawnee, Wichita, and Western varieties. It propagates and sells container-grown pecan trees to commercial orchard operators, and provides in-shell cleaning, custom hedging/harvesting, and cloud-dashboard technology outsourcing services to affiliated growers. The company wraps its ingredient supply chain in a proprietary Trace The Case® QR-code traceability platform that tracks the origin of every case.

Product overview

Pecan Grove Farms is an integrated pecan ingredients company that controls every step from nursery to orchard to processing. The company offers three core product lines: (1) high-quality in-shell pecans and pecan kernels in Pawnee, Wichita, and Western varieties; (2) proprietary Trace the Case® traceability platform providing full box-per-box origin tracking via QR codes; and (3) container-grown pecan trees (92,000 annually) certified by USDA, TDA, and NMDA. Supporting services include in-shell cleaning services, custom orchard services (hedging and harvesting), and technology outsourcing through cloud-hosted dashboards for affiliated growers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trace The Case®: A traceability platform that allows users to scan QR codes on cases to trace the origin of pecans within each case, providing full box per box traceability.

Products and services

• In-shell pecans and pecan kernels (Pawnee, Wichita, Western varieties) High-quality in-shell pecans and shelled pecan kernels sold in Pawnee, Wichita, and Western varieties in a wide range of sizes and grades, with custom sizing available for unique applications; offered to food manufacturers and ingredient buyers with quality-control and new-product-development support.
• Container-grown pecan trees Container-grown pecan tree stock (2.5-gallon containers) produced via soilless-media propagation delivering a 100% root system versus 10-15% for bare-root trees, certified by USDA, TDA, and NMDA; sold to commercial orchard operators with state compliance for seamless tree transitions.
• Trace The Case® traceability platform Proprietary QR-code traceability platform that traces the origin of pecans within each case, providing full box-per-box traceability across PGF's integrated nursery-to-processing supply chain; embedded into the ingredient product offering.
• In-shell pecan cleaning services In-shell pecan cleaning services for affiliated growers clustered around PGF's Central Texas and West Texas operations, delivering quick turnaround, efficient sorting, and quality stream separation.
• Custom orchard services (hedging and harvesting) Custom hedging and custom harvesting equipment services with performance tracking delivered to affiliated pecan growers; complements the cleaning offering in the integrated services bundle.
• Cloud dashboarding / technology outsourcing Cloud-hosted dashboarding service enabling PGF and affiliated growers to visualize the status of key farming and post-harvest processes through ad-hoc dashboards hosted in the cloud; delivered as a technology outsourcing service.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% root system in container trees vs 10-15% in bare-root trees
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Berdoll Candy and Gift StoreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReferral partnership directing individual consumers to Berdoll Candy and Gift Store for direct pecan purchases. PGF does not sell directly to consumers; recommends Berdoll's for backyard tree buyers (1-2 trees) and consumer pecan needs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Navarro Pecan Company: Texas-based pecan sheller and grower operating since 1975. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated pecan ingredients supplier serving food manufacturers. Notably, PGF's EVP Dan Zedan was formerly VP/Director of New Market Development at Navarro Pecan, underscoring direct industry overlap.
• Hudson Pecan Company: One of the largest pecan growers and shellers in the southeastern U.S. Compares as a major vertically integrated pecan operation competing for the same B2B food manufacturer customer base as PGF.
• Whaley Pecan Company: Texas-based pecan grower, sheller, and retailer with multi-generational operations. Comparable as a regional pecan producer with both retail and wholesale channels, though smaller scale than PGF's current footprint.
• Burleson Pecan Company: Texas-based pecan grower and sheller operating in the heart of Texas pecan country (near Brownwood, where PGF also has operations). Direct competitor in the Texas pecan ingredients market with similar customer profile.
• South Georgia Pecan Company: Large vertically integrated pecan grower and sheller based in Georgia. Comparable as a major U.S. pecan operation competing in the same national ingredient supply market, though focused on southeastern rather than southwestern varieties.
• Stahmanns Pecans: Large-scale pecan grower and processor with operations in Australia and the U.S. (New Mexico). Comparable as an integrated pecan operation at similar scale, though with different geographic focus; competes in global pecan ingredient supply.

Broad incumbents

• Blue Diamond Growers: Almond cooperative and one of the largest tree nut ingredient suppliers globally. Broader incumbent in tree nut ingredients with overlapping food manufacturer customers, but specializes in almonds rather than pecans.
• Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds (Paramount Farms): Vertically integrated tree nut grower and branded ingredient supplier with industry-leading scale and traceability systems. Comparable as a large-scale tree nut operation investing in technology-enabled farming, though focused on pistachios and almonds.
• John B. Sanfilippo & Son: Public tree nut processor and ingredient supplier (Fisher Nuts brand). Comparable as a B2B tree nut ingredient company serving food manufacturers, though focused on multi-nut processing and snack products rather than vertically integrated farming.

Emerging players

• Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards: Long-standing U.S. nursery specializing in fruit and nut trees for orchard and residential use. Comparable as a tree nursery serving orchard operators, though broader in crop scope (fruit trees, berries) and direct-to-consumer focused rather than commercial container tree production.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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