A major realignment in the market for Oregon hazelnuts is bringing about the closure of a processor geared toward the sales of in-shell varieties to China. While the Firestone Processing Co.’s ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. — Located along the bluffs outside of Lake City is Nine Hazels Farm, a hazelnut farm and nursery that sells fresh roasted hazelnuts, hazelnut oil and other products along with ...

Oregon’s hazelnut industry seems largely unperturbed by a culling process that has roiled other agricultural sectors. From cranberries to cattle and from peanuts to poultry, consolidation among ...

Wilco Farmers Cooperative has filed a notice with the state that it could lay off as many as 70 people at the cooperative-owned Hazelnut Growers of Oregon and close the business by the end of the year ...

The tangled pile of uprooted trees in the center of the bare, frozen field was so large it dwarfed the nearby farmhouse. In the shadow of snow-capped mountains, Peter Andres watched as the pile ...

Scientific advancements have allowed hazelnut crops to boom in Oregon, but the trade war with China and Turkey’s dominance of the market present a challenge. The town of Ordu, Turkey, lies more than 6 ...

No more rancid hazelnuts: a research team at the URV has developed a method that can identify nuts that have gone bad due to oxidation. The technique uses infrared light to determine the chemical ...