Harvesting costs could easily amount to 5 or 6 cents per pound or more under the best conditions, depending on the total pounds harvested. That's half or more of the current commercial price of 8 to 10 cents per pound for walnuts shelled in a commercial sheller. Add 3 cents to that if the walnuts were shelled on the farm. Brian Hammons, president of Stockton-based company, the world's leading commercial processor of black walnuts, told the News Leader Thursday that the company expects to buy around 15 million pounds this year.
Between 20,000 and 40,000 pounds of that amount can come from deliberately planted orchards, but Hammons Products depends on the general public to harvest the rest of nature. While Hammons Products will have more than 200 husking sites in 11 states this fall, 65 percent of the harvest generally comes from Missouri, and Springfield and the surrounding area is No. A harvest of 15 million pounds would be below the annual average of approximately 24 million pounds. The western portion of the region on which Hammons Products is based is expected to perform slightly less than last year, while the eastern portion is likely to have a slightly better year compared, Hammons said.
The company is quite well positioned compared to previous years' harvests. Nationally, California is the nation's number one nut producer and accounts for nearly all of the nuts produced in the U.S. UU. The information contained in this report was provided by nut handlers to comply with the reporting requirements of Sections 55601.7 and 55601.8 of the Food and Agriculture Code.
The Nut Wizard, a soccer ball-shaped gadget on a 4-foot cable, is a new tool used to collect black nuts. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Ohio's Tree Glossary describes the identifying characteristics of black walnut trees. Commercial nut cultivation can also be very cost-effective in California, and the environment is ideal for growing walnuts. The goal of some grafts is to produce a superior quality black walnut with a high percentage of flesh.
Fogle explained that this type of research involves the genetic improvement of black walnut trees through selective grafting. This year's wild black walnut harvest seems to be good across the Midwest region, where trees grow naturally. If you sleep with wood shavings that contain about 20% black walnut shavings, it could cause inflammation of the hoof blades. Today, devices are available to speed up the collection of black walnuts, as well as research studies at universities that focus on improving tree and nut genetics.
According to Virginia Tech's Non-Timber Forest Products Program, there have been several non-traditional uses of black walnuts in the past. The fruit of the black walnut is composed of an inner core, surrounded by a hard corrugated round shell composed of two fused halves. Gilbert Fogle, a black walnut producer in the Plain City area and former director of the Ohio Nut Growers Association, said there is a market for black walnuts in Ohio, and one can easily convert walnuts into income. However, you can sell your cases to companies that process them for resale, such as Hammons Products.
The average black nut is approximately 5% to 7% meat compared to high-quality walnuts that produce 30 to 35% meat.
