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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...
Live Webinar! Friday September 13th, 10 AM – Marketing Strategies for Expanding Domestic Markets
Tune in Friday, September 13 a few minutes before 10 a.m. PST to watch LIVE on your computer, tablet or smartphone. Click HERE to join our HAZELNUT MARKETING WEBINAR at 10 AM on Friday, Sept 13. This is a recorded event. You will be asked for a name and email address....
PRODUCT DEVELOPERS ANTICIPATE BROADER USE OF HAZELNUTS
Trade Release Contact: Vickie Fite Vickie.fite@mslgroup.com 310-613-0937 PRODUCT DEVELOPERS ANTICIPATE BROADER USE OF HAZELNUTS Nine in Ten “Positive” on Hazelnuts U.S. Market Prospects HUBBARD, Ore. – Product development executives across the food industry widely...
Oregon Hazelnut Production Forecast Dips 4%
Original story in Capital Press By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press Photo: Willamette Valley hazelnut trees crowd out the sunlight. This year’s crop will be slightly smaller than last year’s, the USDA predicts. Oregon Hazelnut Industry Office Oregon hazelnut production is...
Nutella, the Spread that Made Hazelnuts Famous (CBS Video)
Original post at CBSnews.com The rich chocolate-hazelnut creation, known to the world as Nutella, has been a staple for generations of local cooks. Seth Doane of CBS visited the Langhe region of Piedmont, Italy, where the rolling hills are covered with hazelnut trees,...
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 breaking down...
