Esteban Herrera, a horticulturist at the New Mexico State College of Agriculture, says that pecan planting in West Texas and Arizona during the 1960s gave others the interest in planting new pecan orchards. This was the first time that pecans were considered economically justified because growers noticed the positive change in yields of highly productive trees planted in previous years (Historical Background of Pecan Plantings.., 2005). Georgia farmers didn't realize the benefits of using the walnut until