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Black Walnut Grower Workshop is coming up!

Join us October 9 at the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Farm for a hands-on day focused on:

🌱 Cultivar selection

🌳 Establishment & harvesting practices

🚜 Live equipment demonstrations

🛻 Hay wagon tours

🥜 Cultivar tastings

And there’s more! Your registration fee includes lunch and a bandana dying demo with black walnut hulls!

📅 October 9

📍 MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Farm

The workshop takes place one day before the Missouri Chestnut Festival, so make a weekend of it!

🎟️ Registration is now open. Sign up through the link in our bio!

#BlackWalnut #BlackWalnutGrowers #Agroforestry #MUAgroforestry #Horticulture taken in Missouri by @mizzouagroforestry

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As part of the Missouri Chestnut Festival, join us on Oct. 10 for a free series of presentations exploring the history of the Boonslick region! We’ll travel through time to understand the geological processes that made this region what it is today and discover how our shared landscape has shaped food, culture and art across the centuries. by @mizzouagroforestry

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Mizzou Agroforestry researchers are working to identify ideal alley crops for hazelnut systems in the Midwest. Back in early June, we harvested winter wheat from our newly established ‘Raritan’ hazelnut alley cropping research plot! This research will give us a better understanding of tree-crop interactions as the hazelnuts mature so farmers can have reliable information on resource competition, management nuances, and system design. Stay tuned!

#agroforestry #alleycropping #hazelnut #wheat #missouri by @mizzouagroforestry

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Join us tomorrow, Sept. 26, at the Mizzou College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ South Farm Showcase (@cafnr)! Our team will share samples of Missouri-grown hazelnuts from our agroforestry research and black walnuts from @black_walnuts (Hammons Products Co.) We’ll be joined by Missouri Nut Growers Association and @riverhillsharvest as well! by @mizzouagroforestry

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Thank you to @nature_missouri for supporting the Missouri Chestnut Festival! Join us on Saturday, October 10 from 10 am to 3 pm in New Franklin to learn about organizations, like TNC, working to bridge conservation and agriculture! Learn more about the event at the link in our bio.

#agroforestry #festival #nature #missouri #midmissouri taken in The Center for Agroforestry by @mizzouagroforestry

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Our Tree Nut Lab hit the road this past month to visit chestnut orchards participating in the Chestnut Improvement Network (CIN). Doctoral student Aubrey Teckam (@aubreyteckam) and Research Specialist Ian Boyd (@ian_boyd_32v) visited Bob Stehli’s farm (@wintergreenfarm) to collect tissue samples from his chestnut progeny for a gall wasp resistance mapping study. Then, they headed to eastern Kentucky to check on the trees for overall health and early bearing at two CIN Farms. They also spent a day in Maysville, Kentucky at Propagate’s home farm (@propagate_ag) collecting early bearing data on 4,000 five-year-old trees! They counted the number of burrs on each tree to understand the “precocity” of each individual tree (i.e. their ability to produce nuts at a young age) and take data for future selections to develop early-bearing cultivars. Dr. Ron Revord also just returned from a Maysville visit to collect data on early bearing trees, and was happy to see so many promising candidates for continued development.

Back at the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Farm, Aubrey and the team started harvesting hazelnuts! In our hazelnut alley cropping demo, alfalfa was cut and baled. Soon, chestnut harvest will begin, followed by black walnut and pecan.

For more information, subscribe to our newsletter: link in bio. by @mizzouagroforestry

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Here is what to expect at this year’s Chestnut Festival on Saturday, October 10:

🌰 Roasted chestnut samples. Try one for the first time or return for your favorite fall crop! Grown right here in Mid-Missouri.

🌳 Lunch will be available made from food that grows on trees thanks to local chef Thompson Tables! The menu includes chestnut sauce meatballs or mushrooms, garlic roasted squash and potatoes, garden salad with candied pecans and elderberry dressing, and chocolate walnut brownies or pawpaw butter cake.

🍨 Ready for dessert? Pick from several flavors with locally grown fruits and nuts from Buck’s Ice Cream!

🎶 Once you get your fill, wander the fest to learn about local farms and conservation organizations, peruse and plant vendors, and enjoy the live music from Ironweed Bluegrass Band.

🏡 Presentations will run throughout the day about Mid-Missouri history, and the 1819 Hickman House will be open for guided tours.

🎃 Additional activities for the whole family include an art station, pumpkin patch, sunflower field, wagon rides and Kids’ Zone!

🆓 The festival is free and open to the public. Learn more here: https://centerforagroforestry.org/event/2026fest/

#missourifestival #chestnutroast #agroforestry #perennialag #regenerativeag by @mizzouagroforestry

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Aubrey Teckam (@aubreyteckam), a PhD student in the Center for Agroforestry and Graduate Research Assistant with the Revord Lab, walks us through her research examining hazelnuts at the Horticulture Agriculture Research Farm.

Hazelnut is an emerging crop for the Midwest, and Aubrey’s trials are helping to develop cultivars (and accompanying “pollinizer” varieties) that are disease resistant, highly productive and produce high-quality nuts to meet the standards of confectionary markets.

Hazelnut is just one of a few high value specialty crops that can boost farm viability while providing conservation value to family farms and landscapes. by @mizzouagroforestry

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Mizzou Agroforestry teamed up with the University of Minnesota to conduct a black walnut taste test with 100 participants. Taste testers rated each sample for aroma, flavor, texture and overall liking. Black walnut has a stronger, more distinctive flavor than the more commonly available English walnut, which many consumers describe as milder. Even so, 40 participants preferred at least one black walnut sample over the English walnut. Three advanced breeding selections from Mizzou Agroforestry received the highest ratings because they had less bitterness and a milder aftertaste.

The study found clear differences among black walnut cultivars. Some performed nearly as well as English walnut, while others were rated much lower. These results will help breeders identify the flavor traits consumers prefer while continuing to improve yield, nut quality and orchard performance.

Read more with the link found in our linktree, in our bio. by @mizzouagroforestry

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Aubrey Teckam (@aubreyteckam), a PhD student in the Center for Agroforestry and Graduate Research Assistant with the Revord Lab, walks us through elderberry harvests and the elderberry breeding program happening at the Horticulture Agriculture Research Farm. Senior Research Specialist Elizabeth Prenger leads this research at HARF.

She looks into cluster size, ripening date and several other characteristics in the program to develop elderberry cultivars that perform exceptionally well in Missouri and similar environments. Missouri is the #1 producer of elderberry in the U.S.

Elderberry is just one of a few high value crops that can boost farm viability while providing conservation value to family farms and landscapes.

For more about the Center for Agroforestry, visit the link below.
https://centerforagroforestry.org by @mizzouagroforestry

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Join us for a hearty congratulations to our most recent graduates! These folks worked hard to complete either our online master’s program, graduate certificate, or on-campus master’s program. Let’s give them a big round of applause!

Aubrey Teckam, MS. Thesis: Characterizing Bloom Phenology and Quantitative Disease Resistance in Hybrid Hazelnuts (Corylus americana × Corylus avellana) in Missouri. Committee: Ron Revord, Ben Knapp, Andy Thomas, & Tom Molnar.

Casey Jones, MS. Final Project: Dryland Agroforestry Across Time and Place: Transferable Lessons from Historical Systems for the Southwestern United States.

Isaac Johnson, MS. Final Project: Beyond the Ecological Advantage: The Case for Multispecies Grazing in Silvopasture.

Nicolaus Cromme (Not Pictured), Graduate Certificate.

Paul Harris, MS. Final Project: Agroforestry in New York: Trends, Opportunities, and Strategies.

Ren Klug, MS. Thesis: Untapped Potential: Sap Production and Chemistry of Sugar Maple, Black Walnut, and American Sycamore Trees in Missouri. Committee: Benjamin Knapp, Jeffrey Wood, & Chung-Ho Lin.

Wyatt Ellis, MS. Final Project: Why Aren’t More Farmers Adopting Agroforestry Practices: Agroforestry Curriculum, Lessons, & Summative Assessments for High School Agriculture Science Programs as a Possible Solution. by @mizzouagroforestry

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Thank you to @forrestkeelingnursery for supporting the Missouri Chestnut Festival! Join us on Saturday, October 10 from 10 am to 3 pm in New Franklin! More info use the link in our linktree, found in our bio. by @mizzouagroforestry

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