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 ...

Wilco will sell its Hazelnut Growers of Oregon processing business, eight years after the cooperatives merged in what was billed as a mutually beneficial partnership. Unless a buyer is found for HGO, ...

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, ...