DONALD, Ore. — There's a good reason the hazelnut is Oregon's state nut. Nearly all of the United States' hazelnuts are grown in Oregon. They contribute over $200 million to the state's economy, and ...

A major realignment in the market for Oregon hazelnuts is bringing about the closure of a processor geared toward the sales of in-shell varieties to China. While the Firestone Processing Co.’s ...

The Hazelnut Growers of Oregon cooperative has filed a lawsuit claiming a Canadian food processor has failed to pay for nearly $370,000 of hazelnuts. In a federal complaint filed in Eugene, Ore., the ...

Wilco Farmers Cooperative has filed a notice with the state that it could lay off as many as 70 people at the cooperative-owned Hazelnut Growers of Oregon and close the business by the end of the year ...

For the last few months, the hazelnut processing plant in Hubbard has been pushing out nuts on nothing but the power of the hot, summer sun. The plant, owned by NW Hazelnut Company, is, according to ...

Cargill will no longer have a presence in the hazelnut processing industry once the agreed sale of its Turkish hazelnut processing business goes through. The decision to sell comes after a strategic ...

More than 70,000 of the Willamette Valley’s farmland is planted with hazelnuts, and the number is expected to double by 2025. However, less than 1% of this acreage is organic, which seems odd, ...