As we reported last year, Hancock Agricultural Investment Group, an investment owned by the Canadian insurance and financial services giant Manulife Financial, owns at least 24,000 acres of almonds, pistachios, and walnuts, making it California's second -
largest nut grower.
Pecan
growers and suppliers are hoping to sell U.S. consumers on the virtues of North America's only native
nut as a hedge against a potential trade war with China, the pecan's
largest export market.