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Article: Walnuts: Yard waste or extra cash?
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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TOLEDO - There's money laying in yards and many people don't even
know it.
Black walnuts aren't yard waste as some property owners think. In
fact, nut buyers say collecting can be a lucrative endeavor.
Eric Werner, of rural Toledo, who buys black walnuts for Hammons
Products Co. in Missouri, said a few good-producing trees can be a
money maker. Hulled nuts are worth $8 per hundred weight.
On average, Werner said a pickup load is worth between $80 to
$120. He'll pay cash upon delivery.
"I'd say there's more (walnuts) being wasted than being used.
It's still a secret," Werner said, referring to their cash value.
Todd Derifield, Waterloo city forester, said there's at least a
few thousand ...
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