Eastern filbert blight, a fungal pathogen that kills hazelnut trees, first made its way to the Northwest in the 1960s. Since then, farmers have managed the fungus by pruning infected trees and ...

Reduced vigor and smaller size are features rather than bugs for Oregon State University’s new Thompson hazelnut variety, which is intended specifically for high-density orchards. The diminutive trees ...

AURORA, Ore. — Maryclair Birkemeier and David Stehman were married on a sunny day under a canopy of orderly hazelnut trees at Meridian Orchards in 2010, simultaneously becoming partners in life and in ...

While many Oregon farmers pull back amid tariff worries, low crop prices and a difficult labor market, Jeff Newton plans to invest in new hazelnut trees at Christensen Farms near Amity in Yamhill ...

The birds and bugs are singing at Dave Bohnhoff’s farm in Plymouth, Wisconsin. His hazelnut orchard is a paradise for chipmunks, blue jays, and insects, as well as a group of visiting farmers here to ...

EUGENE, Oregon, October 31, 2025 (ENS) – The Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District, UWSWCD, is planning to acquire a 200+ acre hazelnut orchard located on the lower McKenzie River to ...

RIDGEFIELD — For Ridgefield farmer Rob Baur, harvesting his farm’s first commercial hazelnut crop this fall and shipping it off to buyers was a race against time and nature. “You have to beat the ...

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 invest in new hazelnut trees at Christensen Farms near Amity in Yamhill ...

Marissa Lane-Massee, a research assistant at the University of Oregon and a fourth-generation hazelnut farmer, is researching and developing a cover crop seed mix to bring climate resilience to ...