The annual black walnut harvest is underway in the northern Arkansas Ozarks. It's a long-standing fall tradition that provides extra income for local families and contributes to a growing commercial ...

The recent Pacific Gas and Electric Company wind-caused power shutoffs may be inconvenient for some, bothersome for others, but for walnut growers and processors in the middle of harvest, the shutoffs ...

GLENN — Walnut orchards appear to have gotten the “perfect” amount of rain this week for a productive remainder of the harvest season, according to a local walnut farmer and processor. After threats ...

It's that time of year again, walnut season is cracking open. It's the first shake. "Yeah, the whole team is busy; this is what we work for all year," said Davin Norene, owner of Big Time Farming in ...

California growers produced the largest walnut harvest to date in the 2020-2021 crop year. The California Walnut Board (CWB) says the 785,000 tons is an increase of 20% over the 2019 crop. In addition ...

Some people go nuts cleaning up those green-husked grenades that drop from walnut trees every fall, but one local family decided to turn the nuisance into a delicacy. For the past five years, the ...

California’s walnut harvest was forecast at 710,000 tons, up 18% from 2024, according to a new estimate from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The industry is nearing the close-out of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One local food processor expects to be doing even better than in years past thanks to COVID-19. Brian Hammons, president of Hammons Black Walnuts, says he is encouraging people who ...

Researchers at UC Davis have bred a new variety of walnut designed to provide growers a way to harvest earlier and boost the efficiency of California’s $1.6 billion walnut industry. The new “UC ...

STOCKTON, Mo. — Black walnuts are a culinary staple of fall, known for their role in baked goods, salads, ice cream recipes, and more, and it is almost harvesting season, meaning lots of fresh black ...