Missouri Northern Pecan Growers

What Missouri Northern Pecan Growers does

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers, LLC is a privately held, farmer-owned cooperative headquartered in Nevada, Missouri, that cultivates and processes wild, indigenous American Native pecans harvested from riparian floodplain trees in Southwest Missouri. The company acquired its first USDA organic certification in 2003 and now coordinates with several local family farms (including the Wilson, Harth, Droz, and Liles families and Jason Eaton) to supply certified organic wild pecans. Its core product line spans raw and roasted pecans, cold-pressed pecan oil, chocolate-covered and candied pecan treats, gift tins, and complementary nuts and snack mixes.

The business operates a multi-channel go-to-market: direct-to-consumer e-commerce via the Barn2Door platform, a retail outlet at 3011 E. Austin Blvd., Nevada, Missouri, wholesale distribution to restaurants, confectioners, bakeries, and health food stores (contacted via a toll-free 1-866-PECANS8 line and email), and a fundraising program for schools, clubs, scouting groups, and churches. Products are also placed in specialty grocery and health food stores domestically and internationally, including Canada.

Underlying technology is conventional agricultural processing augmented by sustainability infrastructure: a large solar system supplies most electricity, custom-built boilers burn pecan shells to heat water and dryers, and paper waste is recycled toward a zero-landfill goal. The company does not graft, clone, or plant its trees, and markets the higher natural-oil content of its smaller native nuts as a flavor and nutrition differentiator versus cloned commercial varieties. No revenue, headcount, or external funding figures are disclosed.

Name

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers

Legal name

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers, LLC

Website

https://mopecans.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers, LLC is a farmer-owned Missouri cooperative that grows, processes, and sells USDA-certified organic wild American Native pecans through e-commerce, a Nevada, Missouri retail outlet, wholesale, and fundraising channels serving consumers, restaurants, bakeries, and health food stores.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tree Nuts & Edible Nuts

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Retailers (445230), Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmer Cooperatives & Co-op Retail (AFABAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic Produce & Farm Market Retail (CRAHAEAD), Independent Natural & Organic Grocers (CRAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Organic pecans
• Wild native pecans
• Pecan wholesale
• Pecan farming
• Tree nut production

Headquarters

HQ city

Nevada

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Sales: Online sales through their website store (app.barn2door.com) offering pecans, pecan oil, pecan treats and candy, gift tins, and other nuts and mixes shipped directly to consumers.
2. Wholesale Bulk Sales: Sales to wholesale customers including bulk quantities and pre-packaged bags for resale to small, mid-sized and large businesses, restaurants, confectioners and bakeries.
3. Retail Store Sales: In-person sales at their retail outlet in Nevada, Missouri offering pecans, pecan oil, jams, jellies, pickled products, flavored syrups, chocolate covered pecan items, candied pecans, all natural BBQ wood pellets, local honey, and gift items.
4. Fundraising Program: Fundraising sales to schools, clubs, scouting groups, and churches offering nuts, deluxe snack mixes, chocolate items, candies, dried fruits, and seasonal gourmet sweets in 1 lb sealed bags.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers, LLC is a farmer-owned cooperative that produces and sells wild American native organic pecans. The cooperative sells its pecans through wholesale (B2B) channels to retailers and distributors, and through direct-to-consumer (B2C) channels including an online store and fundraising programs. First organic certification was obtained in 2003, and the cooperative is based in Nevada, Missouri.

Product overview

Missouri Northern Pecan Growers is an organic pecan grower and processor offering a focused product portfolio centered on wild, American Native organic pecans from Southwest Missouri. The core offerings include raw and processed pecans, pecan oil, and value-added products such as chocolate-covered and candied pecans. The company also offers gift tins, fundraising products, and other nuts and snack mixes. Products are sold through their online store (via Barn2Door platform), wholesale to retailers, and through a retail outlet in Nevada, Missouri.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wild American Native Organic Pecans Raw, organic wild American native (Northern) pecans harvested from Missouri member growers and sold in bulk for wholesale buyers, packaged for direct-to-consumer online sales, and supplied in fundraising-grade packs for community organizations. The product targets retailers, food manufacturers, individual consumers seeking organic American pecans, and fundraising groups.

Quantifiable outcome

• Missouri accounts for no more than 2% of national pecan production as the northernmost pecan producing state
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 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

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Georgia Pecan Company: One of the largest U.S. pecan processors and growers, offering shelled and in-shell pecans to retail and wholesale customers. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated pecan producer competing for the same wholesale, retail, and foodservice channels as Missouri Northern Pecan Growers.
• Kar's Nuts: Mid-sized nut snack brand offering trail mixes, roasted nuts, and fundraising products through retail and direct-to-consumer channels. Comparable in product mix (nuts, trail mixes, fundraising) and target customers (health-conscious consumers and fundraising organizations).
• National Pecan Company: U.S. pecan processor and distributor supplying shelled pecans, halves, and pecan pieces to retail and foodservice customers. Comparable in product mix (pecans and pecan pieces), customer base (wholesale and retail), and distribution model (multi-channel including e-commerce and wholesale).
• Green Valley Pecan Company: Arizona-based pecan grower and processor with both retail and wholesale distribution. Directly comparable as a grower-processor offering pecans to retail, wholesale, and foodservice customers in similar product formats.
• Stahmanns Pecans: Large-scale pecan grower and processor operating in New Mexico and Australia, offering pecans, pecan products, and gift packs. Comparable as a vertically integrated pecan producer with branded retail products, though at significantly larger scale than Missouri Northern.

Broad incumbents

• Fisher Nuts: Established national nut brand (owned by John B. Sanfilippo & Son) offering pecans, walnuts, almonds, and mixed nuts across mass retail. Comparable as a branded nut product competitor in the same shelf set, though broader portfolio and far larger scale than Missouri Northern.
• Blue Diamond Growers: Farmer-owned almond cooperative and the largest nut processor in the world, offering branded nut products globally. Comparable as a farmer-owned cooperative structure (similar to Missouri Northern's multi-family ownership) and as a branded nut producer, though specializing in almonds at massive scale.
• Planters: Iconic mass-market nut brand owned by Hormel, offering pecans and mixed nuts across grocery, club, and convenience channels. Comparable as a branded pecan and nut competitor, though operating at vastly larger scale and targeting mass-market rather than organic/premium consumers.

Emerging players

• Sahale Snacks: Premium nut-and-dried-fruit snack brand sold through retail and natural food channels. Comparable as a value-added nut/snack brand targeting health-conscious consumers via specialty retail — adjacent to Missouri Northern's pecan treat/candy and fundraising snack lines.

Regional players

• New Mexico Pecan Growers Association: Industry association representing New Mexico pecan growers, the largest U.S. pecan-producing state. Comparable as a pecan-grower collective, but with significantly larger scale and Southern Plains geography versus Missouri Northern's niche Missouri wild-harvest focus.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GrowMOPecans
• Facebookfacebook.com/growmopecans

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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