David Stehman prunes one the newer Jefferson variety hazelnut trees at his and Maryclair Birkemeier Stehman's Aurora, Ore., farm, Meridian Orchards. AURORA, Ore. — Maryclair Birkemeier and David ...

Researchers are hunting down the origins and extent of the outbreak of a new Eastern Filbert Blight strain that overcomes the disease resistance bred into Oregon hazelnut trees. Meanwhile, farmers are ...

Ask hazelnut growers from Hillsboro to the Eugene-Springfield area what’s most on their minds these days and they’ll tell you it’s eastern filbert blight (EFB), a fungal disease that attacks silently ...

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 ...

Many hazelnut growers across the country are seeing good production in recent years. However, for villagers in Gomdar and ...

Excavations conducted ten years ago at the archaeological site of Kültepe Kanesh Karum, which dates back 6,000 years and is home to Anatolia's earliest written tablets, revealed hazelnut shells ...