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 tangled pile of uprooted trees in the center of the bare, frozen field was so large it dwarfed the nearby farmhouse. In the shadow of snow-capped mountains, Peter Andres watched as the pile ...

NEWBERG, Ore. — In 1976, three Oregon hazelnut farmers — John Newell, Dick Birkemeier and Ben Mitchell Jr. — partnered to form Willamette Hazelnut. “They were concerned about the financial direction ...

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 ...