Oregon Hands Out $2.1 M in Specialty Crop Block Grants
Original Post in Capital Press By GEORGE PLAVEN SALEM — The USDA is providing $2.1 million to help promote specialty crops in Oregon, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts and nursery plants. Funding was announced Oct. 7, and comes from the Specialty Crop Block...
Trade War Has Motivated The Hazelnut Industry (Radio)
Original post in Bloomberg Radio Larry George, CEO, George Packing Company, joined Doug Krizner and Tom Mackenzie on Daybreak Asia. He explains the impact the trade war has had on the hazelnut industry, taking a look at trading routes and prices. He goes on to how it...
Biology Major Recruits Hogs to Help Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Quarterly For Calvin Penkauskas, pigs are the secret weapon in a battle against a farmer’s enemy: filbertworms. The porkers’ chorus of delighted grunts cancel out their stealth. But they work fast—and they’re nothing if not dedicated to the...
Harvesting Hazelnuts in North Dakota
Original post in Prairie Public Radio The American Hazel CREDIT CHUCK LURA LISTEN AT PRAIRIE PUBLIC RADIO (2:30) Do you like hazelnuts? If so, you may be surprised to learn that regardless of where you are in North Dakota, there probably are some hazels growing near...
Minimum Hazelnut Price Jumps to 83 Cents Per Pound
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Original post in Capital Press Hazelnuts harvested from the orchards head to the processors in the fall. Oregon growers will receive at least 83 cents per pound for the 2019 crop. (Oregon Hazelnut Industry) While hazelnuts remain mired in a...
