GRUNT NUTS
A Family Farm
Central Missouri | Est. 2026 | 🇺🇸
Rooted in family. Grown with purpose. Built by service.
Meet Our Family
A Family Farm
Central Missouri | Est. 2026 | 🇺🇸
Rooted in family. Grown with purpose. Built by service.
Meet Our FamilyFamily Owned & Operated — Central Missouri
Grunt Nuts is a small, family-run walnut farm in Central Missouri — not a big ag brand, just us on the land we care about.
We're planting for the long haul: grafted black walnut in silvopasture, honest work, and a legacy we hope our kids and neighbors can be proud of.
We're at the very beginning of this journey, and we'd love for you to follow along as the farm grows.
Eastern black walnut — selected for Missouri
We're planting grafted eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) — chosen for nut quality, disease resistance, and performance in Central Missouri silvopasture. These are the two cultivars going in the ground for Grunt Nuts.
Developed by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry — Missouri's first patented black walnut cultivar bred for orchard nut production. Hickman bears early (often around five years), produces well on spur wood, and delivers a high kernel percentage with light-colored, well-filled nuts.
We're proud to grow a cultivar born in Missouri soil, from the same breeding program working to build a regional black walnut industry.
A long-established black walnut selection known for excellent nut quality, anthracnose resistance, and reliable production. Medium to large nuts with strong kernel crackout — a trusted choice for growers building serious nut orchards in the Midwest.
Paired with Hickman, Sauber gives us proven genetics alongside MU's newest release as we establish our first plantings.
Where to buy grafted black walnut
Grunt Nuts is a working farm — we don't sell trees directly. If you want to plant eastern black walnut cultivars (including licensed nursery stock such as UMCA® Hickman), we recommend ordering through Forrest Keeling Nursery in Elsberry, Missouri.
They specialize in native trees and shrubs, including agroforestry and conservation plantings, with decades of experience serving commercial and residential growers across the Midwest.
Availability varies by season and cultivar — contact the nursery to confirm stock, sizing, and shipping.
Visit Forrest Keeling NurseryFrom the Corps to the Farm
Semper Fidelis
Est. 2026
Central Missouri
The same values that shaped us in uniform — discipline, dedication, and never leaving a job unfinished — are the same values we bring to this land every single day.
"We didn't leave the service. We brought it home."
Grunt Nuts was born from a desire to build something lasting for our family and community. Starting a farm from the ground up isn't easy — but neither was anything else worth doing. We're proud of what this land will become, and we're committed to doing it right.
Every walnut harvested here carries that same commitment to quality and purpose that we carried in our service. This is more than a farm — it's a mission.
Where We're Headed
Establishing the farm, laying out silvopasture rows, and locking in our walnut cultivars — UMCA® Hickman and Sauber — for plantings built to last generations.
Tending the land with care and patience. Building the infrastructure and growing our presence in the community.
Bringing premium Missouri black walnuts directly to families and local markets. Quality you can taste.
Building something that will outlast us — a farm our family and community can be proud of for generations.
We're just getting started — we'd love to hear from you.
LocationCentral Missouri
Veteran Owned & OperatedSemper Fi
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