Posted November 16, 2023
The Black Walnut harvest is winding down. Most hullers are finished buying, sending inthe last of the nuts to the plant before the weather turns colder. Total purchases through Tuesday Nov. 14 are over 14 million pounds, which is aboutwhere we hoped it would be. We expect to end between 15 and 16 million pounds. […]
Posted November 17, 2022
The Black Walnut harvest is winding down and the last of the nuts are coming in to the plant. Most hullers finish buying today as the weather turns colder – even with snow tonight in parts of the harvest area. Total purchases through Monday Nov. 14 are almost 12 million pounds, which is a little […]
Posted October 4, 2022
The Black Walnut Harvest is here! Beginning this week, over 180 hulling stations throughout Missouri and 12 other Midwestern states open to buy freshly-fallen Black Walnuts harvested by hand from thousands of people in rural areas. Picking up the “cash on the ground” is a fall tradition in the Ozarks and other parts of the […]
Posted November 8, 2021
The Black Walnut Harvest is still going! The first weeks of the season were a little slow, as nuts stayed on trees and rain dampened the Midwest harvest area, but strong winds and cold air in late October brought down a lot of nuts so pickers have been more active lately. With several cool, nice fall […]
Posted October 15, 2021
The Black Walnut Harvest is really going! The first two weeks of the season were a little slow, as nuts stayed on trees and rain dampened the Midwest harvest area, but strong winds last weekend brought down a lot of nuts so pickers have been more active lately. With several clear, cool, nice fall days […]
Posted September 28, 2021
Black Walnut Harvest begins FRIDAY, October 1! Black Walnuts are beginning to fall all over the area, and this year they’re worth more than ever. To open the season, harvesters will be paid $20 per hundred pounds (after hulling)! This is a 25% increase from last year and the highest buying price in the 75 years that […]