THOMASVILLE Shipping Point Prices as of October 8, 2020. Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable AMS Specialty Crops Division Federal-State Market News Service, USDA. Phone: (404) 361-1376 Fax: (404) 363-2523 (via: Forest Park-Atlanta, GA ) Recorder: (404) 366-0360 TV_FV140 GEORGIA (via: Forest Park-Atlanta GA) Temperatures for the next five days show rather mild evening and early morning lows in the mid-60s to low 70s and daytime highs in the low to mid-80s. Rain is expected later today and through Sunday October 11, 2020 due to Hurricane Delta leaving her mark on the states. Growers are busy getting pecans shaken, on the ground and picked up before any rain hits the orchards and will be preparing them to be offered early next week. Oconee, Elliott and Moneymakers are expected to be offered for sale followed by Schley and Desirables. Buyers for yard lots are slow to open as they wait and see what the weather will bring this week and should open October 15th or soon after as more pecans become available. Offerings of large lots were very light. Prices paid to growers (late afternoon Tuesday, October 6, 2020 through late afternoon Thursday, October 8, 2020) at buyers delivery point or F.O.B. the orchard including direct sales to end users, cents per pound in-shell of generally good quality in lots of 20,000 pounds or less unless otherwise stated. Blends yard tree lots 60 Native/Seedlings yard tree lots 40 Moneymakers yard tree lots 40 Stuarts yard tree lots 60 Pawnee (deliveries very light) (nut count mid 50s) 56% meat yield 203-213 Lots over 20,000 pounds including truckloads Pawnee deliveries insufficient to establish market price. THE NEXT GEORGIA REPORT IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020.