Black walnut season in Missouri begins on October 1, and Hammons Products is offering a record amount for them.

Hammons Products is buying black walnuts for $15 per hundred pounds collected, hulled weight. That's the most the Stockton-based company has ever offered for black walnuts.

There are 214 designated Hammons Products hulling locations in the Ozarks, including one at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. You can find one in your area by visiting the Hammons Products website; you can find a link to it at the right of this story.