Article: Tree-top crop: We follow the pecan's odyssey from tree to table.

Byline: Amy Culbertson

GOLDTHWAITE, Texas _ For what seems like miles, the pecan trees, evenly spaced, march off into the distance from the curving banks of the Colorado River, here where Mills and San Saba counties come together in Central Texas.

The regular rows, the flat-as-a-rug soil sporting the lightest buzz cut of grasses, the deep shade alternating with dappled sunlight, all conspire to create a feeling of profound pastoral serenity that slows and deepens your breathing as your eyes follow the trees toward the horizon.

But there are machines trundling about under these pecan trees, machines resembling vehicles that small robots or minor ...

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