Hazelnuts

Thousands of blight-infected filbert trees were painstakingly replaced last month at Dorris Ranch in Springfield. Recently, park rangers discovered someone—or something—uprooted and destroyed a large section of saplings.

Ecologists at the University of Oregon have been awarded a grant to test what they hope is a win for conservation and a win for hazelnut farmers.

Farmers and ranchers in Oregon have won over $2 million dollars in new federal grant money. One local business owner is celebrating.

Enjoy, but from a distance. That’s the message from Dorris Ranch in Springfield, where 12-hundred sapling hazelnut trees will be planted in February. It’s to make the working farm resistant to a fungus.

The trade war between the U.S. and China has affected many agricultural growers, and the hazelnut industry is no exception.Garry Rodakowski is Chair of…

The newly-passed Disaster Relief Bill is headed to President Trump’s desk. As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, $11 million has been set aside for hazelnut…

A new report from the USDA shows this fall could be a record setting harvest for hazelnuts in Oregon. As KLCC’s Alec Cowan reports, this may mean a bigger…

Hazelnut planting is booming in the Willamette Valley. Our volcanic, fertile soil already produces nearly the entire U.S. crop. Still, growers and…