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...
‘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...Hazelnuts Mentioned in Congress Tariff Talks
HAZELNUTS MENTIONED IN CONGRESS TARIFF TALKS ? Our lobbying efforts are really paying off for Oregon hazelnuts! “It’s hazelnuts!” says top U.S. trade representative Ambassador Lighthizer in his testimony about agriculture at Ways+Means. ? “So I’m talking to the...
