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...
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...
Hazelnut harvest falls short of expectations
George Plaven Original post in Capital Press Oregon hazelnut growers were anticipating a record-high crop in 2018, though it appears the harvest is coming in short of expectations. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service predicted 52,000 tons of hazelnuts in...
