The Hammons Products company of Stockton raised the price to encourage more pickers to gather more nuts to meet increased demand. "You'd be surprised how many of them are along the road," added Wendt.

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 ...

This year has produced a bumper crop of black walnuts in the region. Despite being a nuisance to some, black walnuts are harvested for use in baking, sold for profit, and used as deer bait. The ...

Growing in backyards across the South, this native ingredient is ripe for the fall harvest. If you've never been jarred awake by the ruckus of racquetball-size black walnuts plummeting from high up in ...