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...
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...
Oregon State Scientist Sees Future in Homegrown Hazelnuts
Original post in Oregon Live Featured Image: Shawn Mehlenbacher has spent 33 years perfecting hazelnut varieties on OSU’s farm. By High School Journalism Institute Shawn Mehlenbacher is on an endless search for the perfect nut. He walks quickly past trees of all...
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...
