Dan Shepherd (audio interview) - Agroforestry Farm Tour Series

This audio recording features Dan Shepherd of Shepard Farms in central Missouri, and was produced by Man Alone Media with support from the North Central SARE program. To see videos, maps, and more info from the Agroforestry Farm Tour Video Series

0:22 Introduction, main crops, agroforestry
1:20 Getting started with pecans 50 years ago
1:58Buffalo and eastern gamagrass
2:37 Customer expectations, different pecan varieties
4:00 Management & motivations
5:11 What would you tell young people?
5:38 Story of his dad planting pecans
6:38 Grafting – all their orchards are grafted
7:24 Details of current field layout and status
8:47 Harvesting and processing
10:17 Harvesting and cleaning the pecans
13:00 Initial sorting and cleaning & drying; equipment
16:39 Harvesting and harvesters
18:42 Machine shed/equipment storage building, tractors and mowing
20:20 Storage area, walk-in freezer, timing of harvest and sales
20:12 Store, storage facility
23:23 Processing room
26:28 Closing – only old men plant trees