New strain of hazelnut blight overcomes disease resistance in Oregon orchards By Gemma DiCarlo ( OPB ) March 15, 2024 4:45 p.m. Updated: March 22, 2024 7:31 p.m.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. — Peter McDonald’s hazelnut orchard is on the wrong continent. He would have done well to plant its lush canopy in Switzerland, where each year more than 4.4 pounds of ...

If hazelnut orchards already seem to be everywhere, get used to it. Some 70,000 acres of Willamette Valley farmland are planted in hazelnuts trees and farmers are expected to plant 8,000 more ...

A 17-foot-tall, solid black granite monolith installed between the new farmhouse and orchards is engraved with dates and levels of Willamette River floods, based on Bruce Chapin’s research ...

CRESWELL, Ore. — A lot of brotherly love is going into these two organic hazelnut orchards. Most Popular 1 Willamette Valley woman killed in crash with swather 2 Late frost […] ...

Oregon hazelnut orchards sustain severe ice damage. Published 5:04 pm Tuesday, February 16, 2021. By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press.

Hazelnut blight fight. April 7, 2023 December 1, 2006 Written by Oregon Business Team. Oregon’s celebrated hazelnut orchards, which produce 99% of the country’s crop, are in trouble, and it’s going to ...

Once facing doom from eastern filbert blight, Oregon orchardists are now adding about 3,000 acres of hazelnuts per year, a 10 percent annual gain.

It follows that when you’re buying hazelnuts, it’s important to keep an eye out for packaging that lists the harvest date.

Meridian Orchards is the oldest certified-organic hazelnut orchard in the country and they have spent six decades optimizing the production process to preserve quality.