What does Hammons pay for black walnuts?
Hammons Products Company will pay $14 per hundred pounds of hulled black walnuts when the traditional harvest period begins Oct.
Are black walnuts still available?
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.
What are black walnuts worth 2021?
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 we’ve been in business.
Where is Hammons black walnuts located?
Southwest Missouri
Our Story in a Nutshell In 1946, grocer Ralph Hammons noticed a lot of wild Black Walnuts growing all over Southwest Missouri. Seeing the future potential of this local crop, he bought a cracking machine and began buying Black Walnuts from the hardworking Ozarks people who gathered them each fall.
How much is an acre of black walnut trees worth?
Black walnut logs bring premium prices, and have since the 1700s, with single trees bringing up to $20,000. Bruce Thompson, author of “Black Walnut For Profit,” estimates a mature stand of black walnut trees can bring about $100,000 per acre in timber value alone.
What is black walnut worth per board foot?
Good question…it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay you! HOWEVER, the going stumpage rate for quality black walnut right now is around $0.80 – $2.00/bd ft for sawlogs (used to make lumber) and $3.00 – 10.00/bd ft for veneer logs (used to make fine face veneer for furniture, architectural paneling, etc.).
Why are there so many black walnuts this year?
Trees often increase flower bud production when they are under stress, so the dry weather in 2020 resulted in increased production of flower buds that emerged in spring 2021 to produce the abundance of nuts this year, Cregg said. “So really it’s the weather last year that has influenced what we saw this spring.
What are walnut logs worth in Missouri?
As the length and diameter increase, the value of the log increases exponentially. An 18” dbh tree with an 8’6” veneer butt log is worth about $700 while a 26” dbh tree yielding a 12’6” veneer butt log, a second veneer log and two saw logs is worth about $1,800.
Do squirrels eat black walnuts?
The black walnut produces an edible nut that is encased in a thick green or brown husk. Many animals eat these walnuts including squirrels, turkeys, raccoons and bears. Black walnut trees often affect the kinds and densities of plants that grow around them.
How much does a 5 gallon bucket of walnuts weigh?
 To try to ascertain an average weight of the un-hulled nuts, I filled a five gallon bucket with walnuts, as seen below. After filling the bucket, I weighed it on our bathroom scale, and determined the net weight to be 24 pounds.  A manual count indicated that there were 337 nuts in the bucket.
How many black walnuts can you plant per acre?
If your goal is to continue to maximize individual tree growth and shorten the rotation as much as possible, then a reasonable target would be to manage for 25-35 trees per acre when the average tree diameter has reached 18-20 inches (35-40 foot average spacing).