Hazelnut Conversion Couldn’t Happen Too Soon
Original post in Capital Press By CRAIG REED HARRISBURG, Ore. — If brothers John and Tony Langdon could back up in time, they would have planted hazelnut trees on their Willamette Valley land 10 years earlier. Instead, they got into the hazelnut business just five...
Oregon Hazelnut Industry Growth Continues
Original post in Capital Press By BRENNA WIEGAND While this year’s pricing was a disappointment, the growth and yield of Willamette Valley hazelnuts was not. “We’ve had extensive growth for the last few years,” Oregon Hazelnut Industry Office manager Meredith Nagely...
Irrigation Innovations May be Key for Hazelnut Crops
Original post in Capital Press By GAIL OBERST INDEPENDENCE, Ore. — How much water does a hazelnut tree need to produce the best crop? Definitive answers are still in the future, but there’s hope in technology, and in the trials of other growers, said expert panelists...
Hazelnuts are the Overlooked Tree Nut
Original post in Food and Nutrition by Sara Haas While other continents have cultivated hazelnuts for centuries, North America has a relatively young relationship with them. In the mid-1800s, an English settler planted the first hazelnut tree in the Pacific...
Large Oregon Hazelnut Crop Provides Marketing Opportunities
Original post in Fresh Plaza It’s been more than a month since the Oregon hazelnut season wrapped up for the year and growers are still gathering together final numbers. Early figures indicate that this year’s crop was significantly bigger than last...
