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...
‘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...
China Trade War Brings Anxiety to Oregon
Original post in Bend Bulletin by Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian The trade dispute “sends a signal to China that the United States might not be a reliable partner,” said Wang Donghua, Chinese consul general, while attending the 9th Oregon-China Economic Forum Friday in...
Oregon Hazelnut Production Has Doubled in Last Decade, Expected to Double Again by 2025
Original post in Salem Statesman Journal by Emily Teel Drive almost anywhere in the Willamette Valley and you’ll pass hazelnut orchards. Laser-perfect rows fill the Mid-Valley landscape, more plentiful than wine grapes, berries or hop bines. If hazelnut...
