Pecan Credentials and Memberships

Pecan Memberships

SRP is a proud supporter of the following organizations.

• Current Board Member of the Texas Pecan Growers Association
  

• Member of Texas Pecan Growers Association since 2001

• Supporter of the American Pecan Council

• Member of the National Pecan Shellers Association

• Supporter of the Texas Pecan Board

• Supporter of GoTexan

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Industry Accomplishments

Pecan Accomplishments

• 66 acre farm owner/operator since 1998
  

• 197 acre farm owner/operator since 2004

• Establishment of two pecan orchards which combined contain over 1,000 irrigated trees including 13 different varieties

• Management and custom harvesting of approximately 800 acres of improved and native pecans along the San Marcos River since 2002

• Host of the 2010 and 2016 Texas Pecan Growers Association (TPGA) convention field trip; Troy Swift has attended most TPGA conventions since 2002

Employee Education

SRP's Employees and Managers have the following education.

• Troy Swift attended the 2000 Texas A&M Pecan Short Course
  

• Charleston (Chuck) Jackson and Jeremy Huebner attended the 2018 Texas A&M Pecan Short Course; Athanasee Swift, Richard Reyes, and Scott Norman attended the 2019 Texas A&M Pecan Short Course

• Regularly attend instructional “Field Day” classes presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

• Troy Swift has attended instructional classes at most Texas Pecan Growers Association Annual Conventions since 2002

• Charleston Jackson attended instructional classes at the 2014 Texas Pecan Growers Association Annual Convention

• Continuous study and review the Texas Pecan Handbook and Pecan South Magazine

Lumber Credentials and Memberships

Lumber Memberships

• Member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association
  

SRP is a proud supporter of the following organizations.

Milling Equipment

Swift River Pecans' current  milling equipment

• 3 sawmills including: The Wood-Mizer WM 1000, Log Master band saw, and the Peterson ASM (swingblade) used for planning slabs
  

• Three lumber-drying kilns with a total capacity of 27,500 board feet

Employee Education

SRP's Employees and Managers have the following education.

• Charleston (Chuck) Jackson completed the NHLA Lumber Inspector Training School in Memphis, TN in 2020.

• Troy Swift, Owner of Swift River Pecans, attended the 2015 National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) Conference in Nashville, TN. 

• Troy Swift and Nathan Reynolds, Sawyer, attended instructional classes at the 2015 Ohio Forestry Association Show in Cambridge, OH for Kiln Drying, Lumber Grading and Sawing for Grade.