L.V. Byrd grew up in eastern Oklahoma, where a good tree was a valuable asset. This is where his reverence towards trees began. He referred to them as the lungs of the planet, always being good for a little shade on a hot day, but he knew their value to be greater than that. During the 50's he saw the trend of the American farmer was to bulldoze down trees so he decided to save a few, over 4,000 so far. Now with the entire Family filling his shoes and over 400 acres of Producing Pecan Trees, we Plant, Produce, Process, Package, Retail and Bake our very own Missouri Farm Fresh Pecans.