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Completed

Started At

October 13, 2026 at 09:17 PM

Completed At

October 13, 2026 at 09:17 PM

Duration

1 minute

Headline

Black Walnut Farming: A New Crop for Missouri Landowners

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  "transcript": "Missouri is already the black walnut capital of the country. But usually, that's because of the timber. But a 30-year research project at the University of Missouri is putting the spotlight back on the nuts, and it could help open a new option for farmers. Here's a look at what's growing at Mizzou. So where we're standing right now, how old are these trees? 30 years old. So they were planted in 1996. And it's our first repository orchard. A stroll through this orchard and you're stepping across a genetic collection that's a treasure trove for years of research. In this case, it's because the kernels are really high, um, mass and percentage related to the wild-type Eastern black walnut species. Research is revealing not just how these trees act, but traits these nuts produce. So how thick is the shell? How much does the shell weigh? What percentage is the kernel? How valuable is the kernel to market? How big is the kernel? All those things come together to, um, make recommendations for growers. But what you see here is research rooted 30 miles from the University of Missouri campus. The whole farm is 600 acres. Nestled on the bluff of the Missouri River. We have over 100 acres of active research plots here. And if you had to guess how many trees, what would you say? North of 15,000 between our repositories and our breeding populations. We're standing in front of the black walnut trees now. I know they're over 30 years old. But what makes this research so unique? It's unique because these are like chance seedling collections that occurred usually in on-farm environments that were collected over the 20th century by grower association members for the reason of high kernel percent or high kernel percentage and high kernel mass. So the wild type of Eastern black walnut is typically in the 6 to 14%. Uh, these go 20 up into mid-30s as far as kernel percentage in and the shell. So by the from the time that you plant the seedling, how long does it take to be able to harvest a crop? So for Hickman specifically, not the species as a whole, it could be as low as five years. So what's typical timeline? Typical could be 10 plus years. Black walnut trees are typically known for the high value timber. In fact, the Show Me State accounts for about 20% of all native range black walnut trees in the US. But with these nut-bearing trees producing fruit in a much shorter time span than traditional walnut trees, it could be an attractive option for landowners looking to diversify. That's like a a perfect application for this. Um, if you're going to adopt something like Eastern black walnut, you're probably not going to adopt it from fence row to fence row, but it could be a really nice complement, uh, especially on bottomland acreage that could be more prone to flooding. So you do think that this will kind of revive and put the focus back on the the nut part of the black walnut? Well, more of an and. It's certainly not going to replace attention on the uh timber value, and you might be able to have a dual purpose orchard with the right kind of management where, you know, at the end of that orchard's life, you could still derive timber value out of it, but along the way, you have a crop from the nut.",
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