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...
Oregon Hazelnut Growers Respond to Increasing Consumption
Original post in Fresh Plaza September 12, 2019 Research conducted by various groups in the United States indicate that hazelnut consumption is increasing. Consumer attitudes toward hazelnuts are evolving, with people increasingly seeing them as a healthy snack. A...
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...
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...
