Walnut handlers have set an export price of $2.20 per pound, Field said. California’s production of walnuts has surged in the last decade. In 2013, the state’s walnut harvest was 492,000 pounds.

The good times are not over for walnut farmers. However, the really, really good times for walnut farmers have come and gone.Once upon a time, walnuts could be lumped into the category of “w… ...

With the price to growers for the 2022 walnut crop at about 40 cents per pound or less—and well below last year’s break-even price of between 70 and 90 cents per pound—walnuts were the ...

Walnut prices also are expected to climb due to lower production. The USDA released its Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook Sept. 26. Prices rise in 2023. Between 2014 and 2022, ...

Walnut prices also are expected to climb due to lower production. The USDA released its Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook Sept. 26.. Prices rise in 2023. Between 2014 and 2022, nominal prices for ...

A walnut grower himself, he decided to join the board after consistent frustration over the prices he received for his crop compared with the dollar amount they went for on the shelf.

Drought, low prices, supply chain disruptions have been plaguing California’s walnut farmers for years and a heat wave during last year’s harvest scorched the state’s groves, but ideal ...

Another impact on walnut prices is imports. Chinchiolo said companies buying from Chile or China have impacted walnut growers locally. The county, however, is already looking for a better 2025.

Jameson emphasized the importance of the Indian market. “Currently, there’s a 100% tariff on California walnuts going into India. That doubles ...