Harvest has just gotten underway, so work starts dark and early at the new processing facility. They receive 160,000 pounds of hazelnuts an hour from 180 farmers/growers in the Willamette Valley.

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 ...

Plenty of Oregon farms grow hazelnuts — including one processor that’s running off the sun and helping shape the future of the hazelnut business.

The 120,000 square foot hazelnut processing facility in Donald opened in 2018. advertisement. ... Wilco said it would make its final payments to hazelnut growers for the 2023 crop on June 14, ...

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 ...

The 120,000 square foot hazelnut processing facility in Donald opened in 2018. News Sports Politics Outdoors Life Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. LOCAL. Wilco says it could lay off 70 ...

The ribbon was cut Sept. 1 at the first all-solar hazelnut processing plant in Hubbard, Oregon. The plant is owned by NW Hazelnut Company.

While the Firestone Processing Co.’s decision to shut down is sad news for many farmers, experts don’t anticipate the loss of the packer will destabilize the state’s hazelnut industry.

The 120,000 square foot hazelnut processing facility in Donald opened in 2018. Wilco says it could lay off 70 people, close hazelnut processing facility Skip to main content ...

The Hazelnut Growers of Oregon processing facility in Donald opened in 2018. Mt. Angel-based Wilco, which was founded in 1967, said it has 3,000 farmers in the co-op and over 500,000 customers.