The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s census data shows a 10% decline— about a million acres—in land used to grow crops in ...

October is hazelnut season in Oregon. As the fall foliage hits it peak, but before the rains come, the Willamette Valley’s roughly 1,000 hazelnut farmers are busy collecting their crop. More than 60% ...

While many Oregon farmers pull back amid tariff worries, low crop prices and a difficult labor market, Jeff Newton plans to ...

Fortunes are continuing to improve for Oregon’s hazelnut industry, with the 2025 crop guaranteed to fetch at least 40% more than last year’s minimum price. Farmers will earn a minimum of between $1.05 ...

The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may have found a solution. Demand for hazelnuts is on the ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Ecologists from the University of Oregon have designed a system to improve soil health and strengthen the long-term vitality of the state’s hazelnut industry — and now they’ve ...

Some folks just seem to insist on doing things the hard way. Growing hazelnuts organically generally involves more labor, pricier inputs and lower yields, which isn’t necessarily unusual for organic ...

Hazelnut prices this harvest season have rebounded to levels last seen three years ago, before global and local market upheavals undermined the crop’s value. Farmers will receive at least 75-90 cents ...

Although the total amount of cultivated farmland in Oregon is shrinking, filbert acreage is booming.  By Khushboo ...