Peggy Mersmann-Laptad stays busy these days doing what her grandfather did years ago at the same farm north of Lawrence: harvesting and hulling walnuts. Peggy Mersmann-Laptad uses a wire roller to ...

All throughout the summer the black walnut trees that are scattered across our countryside either in the pastures or among shade trees in our yards are working at producing those delicious nuts!

ROGERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- It's more of a dribble than a gush, but the flow of "Ozarks black gold" in the form of black walnuts has started arriving at growling hullers set up throughout the region.

As Justin Holt comes in for a handshake on a bright morning in early November, it’s hard not to notice the color of his palms. They’re the hue of fine wooden furniture, a warm, ruddy tone that is ...

Black Walnut hulling stations will open up across Kentucky on October 2nd. Every year, thousands of people join in on the harvest. Hammons Products Company will pay $15 dollars for every 100 pounds ...

BIGGS — In a Biggs walnut orchard off of Larkin Road, Terry Williams stands in a row of majestic trees that seem to go on forever. The afternoon sun casts a calm light on the dust stirred up in the ...

"You'll wear that off, you'll not wash it off," he cautioned as he stood in front of the walnut hulling machine at Bill's Auto Salvage Yard, where 62-year-old Bill Ward sells auto parts and mini ...

BIGGS — In a Biggs walnut orchard off of Larkin Road, Terry Williams stands in a row of majestic trees that seem to go on forever. The afternoon sun casts a calm light on the dust stirred up in the ...

Hulling stations for the 2019 black walnut harvest open Tuesday around the region. Hammons Products said it will pay a higher opening price than last year — $16 per 100 pounds after hulling — but ...

California’s walnut industry entered the 2025-26 marketing year essentially sold out of supply, which bodes well for moving this season’s 710,000-ton crop, with reasonable grower returns. Strong ...

SPRINGFIELD — Missouri's walnut crop this year is expected to be lackluster. Buyers start hulling the nuts this week, and prices are high, with buyers offering as much as $13 per hundred pounds after ...