SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) – Unseasonably warm, dry autumn weather that delayed the annual fall black walnut drop has prompted Hammons Products Co. to extend its buying season through the end of November—along with a price bump for local harvesters.
Hammons Products, headquartered in Stockton, announced its network of hulling stations will remain open through Monday, Nov. 30, paying $16 per 100 pounds (after hulling).
The rate applies to individuals, families, and civic groups bringing freshly fallen wild walnuts to any of the company’s approximately 170 buying locations operating across 12 states.
Delayed drop leaves ‘money on the ground’
Weeks of above-normal temperatures and dry conditions across the Midwest slowed the traditional autumn harvest, keeping the bulk of the nut crop suspended high in the canopy rather than dropping to the forest floor…