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 ...

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 ...

LEBANON, Ore. — Hazelnuts are already a familiar ingredient in U.S. kitchens but Robert Waterhouse wants to expand their culinary horizons by introducing more Americans to oil extracted from them.

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, ...