An in-depth look at the orchard to storefront processes of pecan harvesting at Swift River Pecans LLC located in Fentress, Texas. An exciting look at the saw milling, kiln drying, planing, and lumber available at Swift River Pecans LLC located in Fentress, Texas. Our Waco variety pecan was awarded State Champion Commercial Pecan by the Texas Pecan Growers Association for the 2018 crop in Texas.
The market has discontinued their curbside pickup service. Our products can be ordered online through our website if you can't make it to the market and usually ship withing 3-5 business days. It all started with soil, a sapling, and some TLC, and from those humble beginnings, we grew our branches to become Swift River Pecans.
The market has discontinued their curbside pickup service. Our products can be ordered online through our website if you can't make it to the market and usually ship withing 3-5 business days. It all started with soil, a sapling, and some TLC, and from those humble beginnings, we grew our branches to become Swift River Pecans.
Services
Our Big Wood Slabs are milled at our shop in Fentress, Texas. We have many beautiful live-edged pieces of different varieties that are available for a personal and unique project. We also have many local carpenters and woodworkers from Austin, San Antonio, and Houston that come and purchase slabs for custom tables and furniture for homes and businesses throughout Texas.
Charleston (Chuck) Jackson completed the NHLA Lumber Inspector Training School in Memphis, TN in 2020 and is a Certified Lumber Grader. Chuck is our head Sawyer at our mill and can custom Mill, Kiln-Dry, and Plane your lumber. Before you bring your log to our shop, give us a call with your desired dimensions for the cuts and the overall plan for your wood so we can properly guide you to the end product you want.
Dr. Larry Stein with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Department of Horticultural Sciences demonstrates the Texas Method Inlay Bark Graft in our improved Fentress orchard. Dr. Larry Stein with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Department of Horticultural Sciences demonstrates the Banana Graft (4 Flap Graft) Method in our improved Fentress orchard.
We moved into our current store in 2011 which houses our Retail Storefront, Lumber Mill, and In-Shell and Retail Pecan Processing and Shelling Equipment. You can find all of our culinary, lumber, and artisan products at our store, as well as all of our custom lumber and pecan services. We have ample online videos and photos of our facility, products, and processes, but seeing it in person is always more satisfying!
We usually only conduct tours for larger educational and industry groups of more than 20 people. However, we do have a video on our homepage that gives a brief look at our native and improved orchards in Fentress, Texas (Visit the "Home" tab in the top left corner to find the video). Contact us to see if we can accommodate your group for a tour.
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Bill McAllister
Sep 02, 2021
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T. L. Palmer
Mar 30, 2021
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Alice Perkins
Oct 29, 2020
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Henry Alvarez
Aug 17, 2020
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Marcus Lemke
Jul 08, 2020
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Augusta PerryBrown
Jun 16, 2020
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Hands-down the best place I know of to get your pecans cracked. The prices are excellent the service is amazing and the owners are friendly and helpful people. The products that they sell are always the best. I’ve taken my pecans to them since they’ve opened and I have never been disappointed in any way.
James Lidgey
Nov 02, 2018
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This is the place to buy fresh pecans! The pecans are always top quality, noticeably better than pecans I've bought else where.
Update. I buy four pounds of pecans a month at Swift River Pecans, the quality is unsurpassed. I've tried well known pecan growers all over Central Texas and none can compare in quality.
Update. I buy four pounds of pecans a month at Swift River Pecans, the quality is unsurpassed. I've tried well known pecan growers all over Central Texas and none can compare in quality.
Trav H.
Jul 02, 2018
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Stopped in to look at some lumber for my first wood table project. Troy and his guys were extremely helpful. Took time to kinda walk me through a couple of different things and talked over what I had planned (or hand not planned for) making sure I got what I wanted.
Huge selection.
Will definitely be back and highly recommend.
Huge selection.
Will definitely be back and highly recommend.
Steel Creations
Jun 15, 2017
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