Hazelnuts
Hazelnuts Seize Market Growth Opportunities
Short crops in Turkey and Italy and strong demand internationally and at home have combined to create an ideal market for Oregon’s record-breaking…
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Researchers Step Up Efforts Targeting Voles in Hazelnut Orchards
Oregon State University (OSU) researchers, with help from industry funding and a federal wildlife specialist, are stepping up efforts targeting a…
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Researcher Zeroing in on One-Pass Sucker Control in Hazelnuts
Seven years into researching sucker control in hazelnuts, Marcelo Moretti, an associate professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon…
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Tour D’ Hazelnuts Annual Gathering Both Educational and Filling
Jess Paulson, Oregon’s agribusiness manager for Ferrero, looks nervous. He and Jovan Campbell, a company hazelnut buyer, had to abandon their…
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New Drone Strategy Targets Stink Bug Threat in Hazelnut Orchards
A pest that has emerged as a threat to Oregon hazelnuts is facing a new combatant. The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is now under attack from…
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Going All in on Organic Hazelnuts
For hazelnut grower Wayne Steenson, going organic seemed the right thing to do, both for the environment and for the long-term sustainability of his…
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Research Steps Up on New Race of Hazelnut Fungus
Ask a fungus how it evolves, and if it could answer, it would say “adaptation.” Fungi can rapidly multiply and adapt their genes to adverse…
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Organic Hazelnut Growers Share Production Insights in Panel Discussion
Three years ago, Joseph Evers of Our Nut Farm in Dayton, Ore., became determined to switch from conventional to organic farming on his family’s…
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OOH! Oregon Growers Launch Bold New Campaign to Spotlight Organic Hazelnuts
In a move that blends innovation, sustainability and culinary creativity, Oregon’s organic hazelnut growers are rolling out a powerful new campaign…
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From Grass to Nuts: Conversion Works for Some
Turning grass seed fields into hazelnut orchards is becoming a common agricultural conversion in Oregon, according to father and son Doug and Alex…