Oregon Farmers Spared Ruinous Planting Season that Affected Much of the Country
Original post in Eugene Register Guard By ADAM DUVERNAY At a Lane County hazelnut farm, Mother Nature this year has been more forgiving than the trade war. Snow fell hard in early February and snapped branches at Harper Farms. The Willamette River flooded in April and...
Nuts for Hazelnuts: Growers Can’t Keep Up with Demand
Original post in Capital Press by Sierra McClain Dylan Bruck slid onto the seat of his ATV. His border collie, Zoey, leapt in after him and crawled between his legs. Bruck straightened his baseball cap and squinted at his orchards of hazelnut trees, gold-dusted by the...
Bitter Harvest for Kurdish Hazelnut Pickers in Turkey’s Black Sea Region (Report & Video)
Original post at Voice of America By Dorian Jones August 12, 2019 08:05 PM This Voice of America report offers a rare glimpse of the hazelnut harvesting process and conditions on the steep hillsides of Ordu, Tukey. We are unable to embed the video on our site, so...
Despite Hiccups, Oregon’s Trade Ties with China Strong
Original post in China Daily Global By LIU YINMENG and LINDA DENG in Portland, Oregon The largest processor of hazelnuts in the US says the industry is feeling the pinch of the US-China trade standoff. “It’s really hurting farmers here, and it’s...
‘Warning Signs’: Oregon Industries’ Anxiety Grows Over Trade War with China
Original post in The Oregonian By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive “It’s really put the growers under an immense amount of pressure,” said Larry George, CEO of George Packing Company, a large hazelnut processor and marketer in Newberg. You might be forgiven for...
