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YOUR ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR HAZELNUT FARMING NEEDS REPRINT FEBRUARY 2020 A WORD FROM CONTENTS LARRY & SHAUN 2 WELCOME Oregon’s Dear Friends & Hazelnut Growers, 3 Growth

We’re beginning our 26th year as a family-owned business! Our focus and mission World remain the same as when Shaun and I started: to increase the profitability of our 4 Markets growers and treat growers the way they want to be treated by their processor. We invest in our rural and farming communities and work hard to promote hazelnuts in Growing broad and diverse markets all over the world. It’s really that simple. 5 Calendar What’s not simple are the complexities of an ever-expanding global marketplace, Hazelnut along with political landscapes, trade relations, and keeping ahead of new 6-7 Varieties technologies. Navigating these pieces successfully takes long-range vision, sophisticated strategies, and plain old rolling up our sleeves to fight for our growers’ OSU best interest. 8 Partnership In the last decade we’ve advanced strategic technology, marketing and trade initiatives, from the congressional and trade offices of Washington D.C., to the U.S. New Planting and Chinese embassies in Beijing. We’ve sparked product innovations and launched 8 Information new websites for buyers and growers. We’ve traveled four continents marketing Oregon hazelnuts and led the charge to cultivate domestic and international markets Fertilizer Program that will bear fruit long after current trade issues are resolved. 9 These commitments to our industry demonstrate how we treat our family of growers Receiving every day—with care, integrity, and leadership. Again, it really is simple: at GPC, 10-11 Station Map our growers come first. We promote them all over the world in every way possible. If you already deliver to George Packing, we thank you for your trust. If you’re Cleaning & considering a new packer, as many growers are, we would love the opportunity to 12 Drying earn your business. Harvesting Warmest regards, 12 Clean

Larry George Nurseries & GEORGE PACKING COMPANY 13 Plants Directory

Drainage & 14 Tiling Directory

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Hazelnut 15 Organizations

Growing the 16-17 Future

Hazelnut 18 Advocacy

George Packing 19 Advantage

©2019/2020 • ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 | Filberts.com GEORGE PACKING COMPANY ACRES TOTAL ACRES OREGON’S GROWTH 100,000 HAZELNUT PRODUCTION to be90,000tonsannually. harvest yieldedabout50,000tons,butby2025theyieldisexpected seed tohazelnutsasthepopularityofgrows.The2018 Some farmersaretransitioningfromcropslikecaneberriesandgrass acres, whileneworchardsarestillbeingplantedataslowerrate. Total acreagefortheindustrynowstandsatapproximately81,000 acres, whileabout51,000newacreshavebeenplantedsince2008. Fully matureandproducingacreagecurrentlystandsaround28,000 growth andexpansionwiththetotalacreagenearlytriplinginsize. state nut!Ourindustryhasexperiencedan11-yearsprintofrapid The fallof2019marksthehazelnut’s30thanniversaryasOregon 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 YEAR 0 New &EstablishedAcreagefor2007to2019 27,810 2007 27,603 Acres New 207 28,423 2008 27,810 613 30,100 OVER 80,000ACRES 2009 28,423 1,677 Acres Established & GROWING 31,543 30,100 2010 1,443 33,186 31,543 2011 1,643

USDA NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_Subject/ 36,599 33,186 2012 3,413 39,707 36,599 3,108 2013 44,065 2014 39,707 4,358 50,455 2015 44,065 6,390 ESTIMATED HAZELNUT HARVEST THE UNITEDSTATES PRODUCES 99% OF OREGON VALLEY IN THE WILLAMETTE 59,890 2016 50,455 9,435 70,771 59,890 10,881 2017 99%

Pacific Agricultural Survey LLC 79,423 70,771 2018 8,652

DATA SOURCE: *

2019* 80,931 ESTIMATED Filberts.com 79,423 1,508 | 3 HAZELNUT PRODUCTION WORLD MARKETS Oregon hazelnuts make up about 99% of the U.S. hazelnut harvest, but only 3-4% of world production. Still, Oregon is one of the top five hazelnut producing regions in the world. The total hazelnut crop worldwide for the 2018/2019 season was estimated at approximately 460,000 mt (kernel basis). Turkey led world production (63%), followed by Italy (13%), then Azerbaijan (6%), Georgia (4%), and the USA (4%). Turkey continues to be the largest exporter of shelled hazelnuts in the world, accounting for 66% of world exports. The USA was the major global supplier of inshell hazelnuts in 2017, representing 72% of the world share. Estimated World Hazelnut Production Inshell Basis – Metric Tons 2018/2019 2019/2020 BEG, TOTAL ENDING BEG, TOTAL ENDING COUNTRY CROP CROP STOCK SUPPLY STOCK STOCK SUPPLY STOCK TURKEY 170,000 575,000 745,000 45,000 45,000 770,000 815,000 100,000 ITALY 7,500 125,000 132,500 10,000 10,000 90,000 100,000 5,000 AZERBAIJAN 7,500 68,000 75,500 5,000 5,000 42,000 47,000 4,000 GEORGIA 5,000 50,000 55,000 3,000 3,000 38,000 41,000 5,000 USA 500 41,731 42,231 500 500 43,000 43,500 500 CHILE 0 27,500 27,500 2,000 2,000 28,000 30,000 1,000 IRAN 0 25,000 25,000 100 100 25,000 25,100 200 SPAIN 1,000 16,000 17,000 1,000 1,000 18,000 19,000 1,000 CHINA 0 9,000 9,000 100 100 12,000 12,100 300 FRANCE 0 7,300 7,300 0 0 8,000 8,000 500 OTHERS 0 26,000 26,000 0 0 27,000 27,000 0 WORLD TOTAL 191,500 970,531 1,162,031 66,700 66,700 1,101,000 1,167,700 117,500 WORLD CONSUMPTION (T, Supply - End, Stock) 1,095,331 1,050,200

Kernel Basis – Metric Tons 2018/2019 2019/2020 BEG, TOTAL ENDING BEG, TOTAL ENDING COUNTRY CROP CROP STOCK SUPPLY STOCK STOCK SUPPLY STOCK TURKEY 85,000 287,500 372,500 22,500 22,500 385,000 407,500 50,000 ITALY 3,525 61,100 64,625 4,700 4,700 42,000 46,700 2,400 AZERBAIJAN 2,885 27,880 30,765 1,923 1,923 16,800 18,723 1,600 GEORGIA 1,094 18,250 19,344 780 780 13,200 13,980 2,000 USA 212 16,692 16,904 200 200 17,500 17,700 210 CHILE 0 12,100 12,100 880 880 12,500 13,380 440 IRAN 0 11,500 11,500 46 46 11,500 11,546 100 SPAIN 447 7,158 7,605 447 447 8,500 8,947 450 CHINA 0 4,050 4,050 45 45 4,500 4,545 140 FRANCE 0 3,285 3,285 0 0 3,600 3,600 250 OTHERS 0 9,360 9,360 0 0 10,000 10,000 0 WORLD TOTAL 93,163 458,875 552,038 31,521 31,521 525,100 556,621 57,590 WORLD CONSUMPTION (T, Supply - End, Stock) 520,517 499,031

SOURCE: Hazelnut Processors & Exporters Association of Georgia, NASS-USDA and other INC sources.

4 | Filberts.com YEARLY GROWING A lot of work goes into raising prized Oregon hazelnuts– or filberts, as we often call them. Hazelnuts thrive in the mild climate of the Willamette Valley. Follow this annual CALENDAR growing calendar to maintain a healthy orchard. JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Pruning Fertilizing Moss & Lichen Winter Moth Flail Cultivate Weed Control Sucker Control Omnivorous Leaftier Foliar Boron Application Aphid Control Leafroller Control Obliquebanded Leafroller Sun Scald Protection Filbertworm Bacterial Blight Control Leaf & Soil Analysis Pre-Harvest Care Harvesting Management Eastern Blight

For more tips on growing hazelnuts, contact our office 503-537-9606. Read more at the OSU Hazelnut Extension: extension.oregonstate.edu/crop-production/nuts.

Filberts.com | 5 The Oregon State University (OSU) traditional hazelnut breeding OREGON HAZELNUT effort dates to the 1960s, developed by visionary growers looking to the future. Horticulture professor and breeder, Shawn Mehlenbacher, leads the team of breeders and Extension scientists to develop new, high-quality, highly productive, disease-resistant VARIETIES varieties. This guide illustrates the main varieties traditionally grown and currently being planted in the Willamette Valley.

TRADITIONAL VARIETIES (WITHOUT GASAWAY GENE) ESTIMATED RECOMMENDED NAME KERNEL BLANCHING* PERCENT POLLINIZERS + NUT WT. GOOD ESTABLISHED DATE YIELD % SCORE DOWN** (ADDITIONAL) (GRAMS) NUT %

Gamma, Barcelona 39-43 4.5/5.0 95% BY York, 3.3-3.8 70-85 EST 1895 OCT 14 McDonald

Casina 50-53 6.0 95% BY Felix, 1.4-2.2 78-89 EST pre-1980 OCT 8 York

Clark 48-51 2.6-3.5 95% BY Felix, 2.5-2.8 69-81 EST 1999 OCT 8 York

J5, Ennis 43-46 6-7 95% BY Casina, 3.1-4.6 64-92 EST 1980 OCT 14 Felix, York

Wepster, York, Lewis 46-48 4-5 95% BY Felix (Tonda 2.7-2.9 83-90 EST 1997 OCT 7 di Giffoni, Hall’s Giant)

McDonald, Sacajawea 48-50 2.5-3.5 95% BY York 2.8 84 EST 2006 SEP 26 (Lewis)

*Blanching Scale = 1 (100%) to 7 (0%) pellicle removal **Nut drop is also affected by crop load, drought stress, EFB infection stress, weather, and age of the trees.

SOURCES: catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/em9073/html Growing Hazelnuts in the Pacific Northwest: Hazelnut Varieties (Jeff L. Olsen, Shawn Mehlenbacher, Rebecca L. McCluskey, David Smith. EM9073. Oregon State University, November 2013)

Smith, David & McCluskey, Rebecca & Mehlenbacher, S.A.. (2018). New hazelnut cultivars from Oregon State University. Acta Horticulturae. 1226. 47-52. 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1226.6. (online at http://www.actahort.org/books/1226/1226_6.htm

Cumulative Table X. Cumulative nut and kernel weight (g), percent kernel, and frequency of good nuts and defects in the replicated yield trial planted in 2006. 6 | Filberts.com OSU Varieties (GASAWAY GENE)

ESTIMATED RECOMMENDED NAME KERNEL BLANCHING* PERCENT POLLINIZERS + NUT WT. GOOD ESTABLISHED DATE YIELD % SCORE DOWN** (ADDITIONAL) (GRAMS) NUT %

York, Felix, Dorris 38-43 2.4-2.9 95% BY McDonald, 3.4 79-81 EST 2012 OCT 14 Yamhill (Gamma)

Felix, Eta, Jefferson 40-45 4-5 95% BY Theta 3.7 76.84 EST 2009 OCT 14 (York)

Wepster, McDonald 46-52 3.5 95% BY York 2.4 88 EST 2014 SEP 26 (Dorris)

McDonald, PollyO 44-48 3.5 95% BY Wepster, 2.75 85 EST 2018 SEP 26 York

McDonald, Wepster 42-46 3.0 95% BY York, Felix 2.4 80 EST 2013 SEP 26 (Yamhill, Jefferson)

York, Dorris, Yamhill 43-49 4.4-5.0 95% BY Wepster 2.3 75-91 EST 2008 SEP 26 (Gamma, Jefferson)

Pollinizers

KERNEL BLANCHING* NUT WT, GOOD NAME YIELD % SCORE (GRAMS) NUT %

Eta 48 3 2.8 75

Felix 50 1.8 2.5 95

Gamma 52 6.0 2.5 80

Theta 50 2.5 2.3 85-93

York 44 4.4-4.8 2.8 81-84

Filberts.com | 7 HAZELNUT ORCHARD DRAINAGE & TILING

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To learn more, contact Chris McGraw today! 888-700-6899 • [email protected] 8 | Filberts.com EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT TO OUR GROWERS YEAR-ROUND CHEMICAL & FERTILIZER PROGRAM George Packing and Northwest Hazelnut Companies will help prepay your hazelnut orchard chemical and fertilizer bill all year PARTNERING long. PLUS, we give back to our growers! You’ll receive a 2% Chemical Companies guaranteed rebate/patronage on your chemical/fertilizer Helena Agri Enterprises LLC purchases made in 2020, in addition to any paid by your supplier. 503-393-2121 Salem Our experienced management team works with our growers to Marion Ag Service, Inc. ensure maximum production from their orchards and maximum 503-633-4281 proﬁt for their families. St. Paul Nutrien Ag 503-393-1141 (All Locations) Oregon Vineyard Supply 503-435-2700 Aurora/McMinnville Pratum Co-Op Warehouse 503-364-3353 Salem Simplot Grower Solutions 541-369-2826 Halsey/Independence Sure Crop Farm Service 541-998-1121 Junction City Valley Ag www.valleyag.com/locations (All Locations) Western Ag Improvement 503-868-7510 Dayton HOW IT WORKS SIGN UP TODAY Wilbur-Ellis Company • Sign a seasonal contract to cover and qualify before 541-369-2896 (All Locations) the chemical bills. your next chemical & fertilizer purchase! If your regular supplier is not listed, please call us to inquire • Choose your Partnering Chemical Ask for about setting up an account with them. Company or call our office to add Aaron McGraw yours to our program. 503.537.9606 • Purchase the necessary chemicals and fertilizers approved for hazelnut orchards and charge it to our account. • Chemical costs will be deducted from the final payment for your crop Aaron McGraw • Receive your 2% rebate in the next GROWER RELATIONS calendar year, in addition to any rebate/ Aaron McGraw patronage provided by your supplier. GROWER RELATIONS Filberts.com | 9 ALSO RECEIVING FOR RECEIVING STATION DIRECTORY Alvadore Receiving Station 90867 Railroad Street, Alvadore, OR 97409 541-688-3857 Aurora Receiving Station (BD) 19988 Hwy 99E, Aurora, OR 97032 503-982-8030 Bush’s Fernview Farms (BD) 90612 Territorial Hwy, Junction City, OR 97448 541-935-4083 Chapin Dehydrating (BD) Bruce & Velan Chapin 2161 Waconda Road NE, Gervais, OR 97026 503-393-6327 Christenson Receiving Station (BD) 12545 SE Kimsey Road, Dayton, OR 97114 Kelli 503-435-9357 Fraser Valley Hazelnuts 6678 Sumas Prairie Road, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4K1 604-792-7488 Golden Tree Farms (BD) 15195 NE Ribbon Ridge Road, Newberg, OR 97132 503-537-9606 Gingerich Farms Verne Gingerich 29995 S. Elisha Road, Canby, OR 97013 503-651-3742 Gnome Hazelnut Factory (BD) 7505 Windsor Island Road, Salem, OR 97303 503-551-8585 Greenberry Hazelnuts 27500 Llewellyn Road, Corvallis, OR 97333 541-231-5426 Jack Scott Dryers (BD) 1769 Franklin Street, Lebanon, OR 97355 541-259-1547 JRW Farms 38640 Robinson Drive, Scio, OR 97374 503-932-1854 Kauer Farms (BD) 7325 SE Amity Dayton Hwy, Amity, OR 97101 503-835-1006 Kropf Farms (BD) 24305 Powerline Road, Harrisburg, OR 97446 541-995-8362 Kirk & Sons Hazelnuts 4205 Wigrich Road, Independence, OR 97351 541-936-0896 Lingo Lane Hazelnut Depot (BD) 28814 Lingo Lane Junction City, OR 97448 Mid Valley Ag Dryers (BD) 7550 65th Avenue NE, Brooks, OR 97309 503-551-4507 Miller Dehydrator 256 Bethel Drive, Eugene, OR 97402 541-688-5281 North Valley Orchards 11706 SW Springhill Road, Gaston, OR 97119 435-232-3509 Pierce & Sons 24175 NE Dayton Avenue, Newberg, OR 97132 503-538-2363 Ropp Seed Company (BD) 35531 Kennel Road SE, Albany OR 97322 Byron Ropp 541-979-2897 Sinn Hazelnut Farms Inc. (BD) 6331 Brush Creek Drive NE, Silverton, OR 97381 503-851-7245 (BD) “Bulk Deliveries” accepted. Please call ahead. HAPPY VALLEY CLACKAMAS MOLALLA GLADSTONE JOHNSON CITY WEST LINN OREGON CITY MILWAUKIE SCOTT MILLS PORTLAND CANBY LAKE OSWEGO JORDAN Aurora Receiving Station BLUE HERON BAY SWEET HOME Sinn Hazelnut Farms Inc. TUALATIN TIGARD SILVERTON WILSONVILLE STAYTON BEAVERTON MOUNT ANGEL JRW Farms Gingerich Farms DONALD Jack Scott Dryers SHERWOOD ALOHA MARCOLA WOODBURN Mid Valley Ag Dryers LEBANON Pierce & Sons TURNER Ropp Seed & Mfg. Company Chapin Dehydrating ST. PAUL NEWBERG BROWNSVILLE HILLSBORO NORTH PLAINS SPRINGFIELD KEIZER SALEM COBURG OSPREY BAY (CANADA) North Valley Orchards Golden Tree Farms DAYTON Kropf Farms Kirk & Sons Hazelnuts EUGENE ALBANY HALSEY Kauer Farms Miller Dehydrator BANKS FOREST GROVE Lingo Lane Hazelnut Depot GASTON CARLTON AMITY MCMINNVILLE Alvadore Receiving Station INDEPENDENCE JUNCTION CITY Greenberry Hazelnuts ADAIR VILLAGE MONMOUTH CORVALLIS Christenson Receiving Station MONROE Bush’s Fernview Farms FRANKLIN DALLAS VENETA Fraser Valley Hazelnuts SHERIDAN Gnome Hazelnut Factory Visit Filberts.com/receiving-stations for interactive map. GEORGE PACKING COMPANY PARTNER Delivering your crop to George Packing Company has never been easier! We have 21 conveniently located receiving stations in the Pacific Northwest — from Lane County, Oregon, up to Vancouver, British Columbia. Please look over the map below find station nearest you. We are grateful to the companies and families who run these stations for their partnership with George Pac king Company and our sister company, Northwest Hazelnut Company. With almost 25 years of constant investment into the latest processing technologies, our growers have consistently realized the highest returns in industry for their harvest. Please consider delivering your 2019 crop to one of our convenient and friendly receiving stations! RECEIVING STATIONS

10 | Filberts.com GEORGE PACKING COMPANY PARTNER RECEIVING STATIONS Delivering your crop to George Packing Company has never been easier! We have 21 conveniently located receiving stations in the Pacific Northwest — from Lane County, Oregon, up to Vancouver, British Columbia. Please look over the map below to find the station nearest you. We are grateful to the companies and families who run these stations for their partnership with George Packing Company and our sister company, Northwest Hazelnut Company. ALSO RECEIVING FOR With almost 25 years of constant investment into the latest processing technologies, our growers have consistently realized the highest returns in the industry for their harvest. Please consider delivering your 2019 crop to one of our convenient and friendly receiving stations!

Fraser Valley Hazelnuts (CANADA) RECEIVING STATION DIRECTORY BANKS Alvadore Receiving Station NORTH PLAINS 90867 Railroad Street, Alvadore, OR 97409 541-688-3857 Aurora Receiving Station (BD)

FOREST GROVE HILLSBORO PORTLAND 19988 Hwy 99E, Aurora, OR 97032

ALOHA 503-982-8030 BEAVERTON Bush’s Fernview Farms (BD)

MILWAUKIE HAPPY VALLEY 90612 Territorial Hwy, Junction City, OR 97448 GASTON North Valley Orchards TIGARD 541-935-4083 LAKE OSWEGO CLACKAMAS BLUE HERON BAY JOHNSON CITY Chapin Dehydrating (BD) TUALATIN GLADSTONE Bruce & Velan Chapin WEST LINN SHERWOOD OREGON CITY 2161 Waconda Road NE, Gervais, OR 97026 Golden Tree Farms 503-393-6327 NEWBERG WILSONVILLE Christenson Receiving Station (BD) CARLTON Pierce & Sons 12545 SE Kimsey Road, Dayton, OR 97114

CANBY Kelli 503-435-9357 Fraser Valley Hazelnuts DAYTON DONALD MCMINNVILLE ST. PAUL Aurora Receiving 6678 Sumas Prairie Road, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4K1 Christenson Station 604-792-7488 Receiving Station Gingerich Farms Golden Tree Farms (BD) Kauer Farms WOODBURN MOLALLA 15195 NE Ribbon Ridge Road, Newberg, OR 97132

AMITY 503-537-9606 SHERIDAN Gingerich Farms Chapin Dehydrating MOUNT ANGEL Verne Gingerich

SCOTT MILLS 29995 S. Elisha Road, Canby, OR 97013 Gnome Hazelnut Factory Mid Valley Ag Dryers 503-651-3742 SILVERTON KEIZER Sinn Hazelnut Farms Inc. Gnome Hazelnut Factory (BD) 7505 Windsor Island Road, Salem, OR 97303 503-551-8585 SALEM Greenberry Hazelnuts DALLAS 27500 Llewellyn Road, Corvallis, OR 97333 541-231-5426

INDEPENDENCE Jack Scott Dryers (BD) MONMOUTH TURNER 1769 Franklin Street, Lebanon, OR 97355 541-259-1547 STAYTON Kirk & Sons Hazelnuts JRW Farms 38640 Robinson Drive, Scio, OR 97374 503-932-1854 JORDAN Kauer Farms (BD) JRW Farms 7325 SE Amity Dayton Hwy, Amity, OR 97101 ADAIR VILLAGE 503-835-1006

ALBANY Kropf Farms (BD) Ropp Seed & Mfg. Company 24305 Powerline Road, Harrisburg, OR 97446 541-995-8362

CORVALLIS Kirk & Sons Hazelnuts LEBANON 4205 Wigrich Road, Independence, OR 97351 Jack Scott Dryers 541-936-0896 Greenberry Hazelnuts Lingo Lane Hazelnut Depot (BD) 28814 Lingo Lane Junction City, OR 97448 Mid Valley Ag Dryers (BD)

BROWNSVILLE SWEET HOME 7550 65th Avenue NE, Brooks, OR 97309 HALSEY 503-551-4507 Miller Dehydrator 256 Bethel Drive, Eugene, OR 97402 MONROE Kropf Farms 541-688-5281 North Valley Orchards Lingo Lane Hazelnut Depot 11706 SW Springhill Road, Gaston, OR 97119 435-232-3509 JUNCTION CITY Pierce & Sons

MARCOLA 24175 NE Dayton Avenue, Newberg, OR 97132 FRANKLIN 503-538-2363 COBURG Alvadore Receiving Station Ropp Seed Company (BD) 35531 Kennel Road SE, Albany OR 97322 Bush’s Fernview Farms Byron Ropp 541-979-2897 Miller Dehydrator Sinn Hazelnut Farms Inc. (BD) VENETA EUGENE SPRINGFIELD 6331 Brush Creek Drive NE, Silverton, OR 97381 OSPREY BAY 503-851-7245

(BD) “Bulk Deliveries” accepted. Please call ahead. Visit Filberts.com/receiving-stations for interactive map. HAZELNUT CLEANING & DRYING GPC's network of farming families invests millions expanding its cleaning and drying capacity for your crop. We keep cleaning and drying costs low while maintaining the highest quality hazelnuts for world markets. PROCESS Learn more at Filberts.com/Grower-Resources

HARVESTING CLEAN & DRY MEANS HIGHER RETURNS As a hazelnut grower, you know harvesting in dry weather maintains quality and saves COST PER POUND FOR CLEANING & DRYING on grower dockage. But did you know it can NORMAL RANGE DANGER RANGE make you big money? Look closely at $0.450 $0.388 cleaning and drying costs – you’ll $0.400 see that $.05-$.10 or more of your field price is chiseled away by $0.350 bringing in wet and dirty hazelnuts. $0.306 $0.300 $0.248 The cost of cleaning and drying is $0.250 subsidized by most hazelnut processors. $0.204 However, the more dirt, debris, and $0.200 $0.170 moisture (DD&M) you bring in, the $0.143

more the grower pays the bill. The Cents per Pound $0.150 $0.120 $0.102 $0.086 Hazelnut Growers Bargaining Association's $0.073 $0.100 $0.061 sliding scale is set up to reward growers $0.051 $0.042 who maintain their hazelnuts and deliver the $0.050 $0.034 high quality that Oregon markets demand. $ Just look at the chart: A grower with 10% 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 DD&M is paying just a little over $.03/lb., Percent Loss in Dirt & Debris while growers with 40% DD&M are paying over $.10/lb.! By harvesting early, you not only save money, but you Harvest Early, Often & Dry!!! help boost Oregon hazelnuts' reputation as the highest quality in the world.

12 | Filberts.com DIRECTORY FOR HAZELNUT NURSERIES & PLANTS Birkemeier Farms Flying Feather Orchards KCK Farms LLC 22186 South Haines Rd 14875 NE Tangen Rd 11483 SE Amity-Dayton Hwy Canby, OR 97013 Newberg, OR 97132-6890 Dayton, OR 97114 Richard E. Birkemeier Michael Severeid Kckfarms.com growinghazelnuts.com 503-858-7865 503-864-9422 503-313-1368 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Folsom Farm Services LLC North American Plants Bruck Filbert Nursery Tree & Orchard Planting PO Box 743 PO Box 2837 PO Box 9221 Lafayette, OR 97127 Wilsonville, OR 97070 Salem, OR 97305 Yongjian Chang Vernon Bruck Caleb Folsom 503-474-1852 503-682-5749 503-999-9193 [email protected] [email protected] Grassy Pond Nursery Ron’s Nut Farm & Nursery Bush’s Fern View Nursery 12190 Wilco Hwy PO Box 9346 90536 Territorial Rd Mount Angel, OR 97362 Salem, OR 97305 Junction City, OR 97448 Charlie Bochsler Ron Chapin Dwayne Bush 503-910-8459 503-569-2380 541-935-6362 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Greer Brand Industries, TRECO®-Oregon Rootstock Burnt Ridge Nursery & Tree Moving & Tree Co. Inc. Orchards, Inc. 6290 Lardon Rd. NE P.O. Box 98 432 Burnt Ridge Rd Salem, OR 97305 Woodburn, OR 97071 Onalaska, WA 98570 Roger Greer www.treco.nu Michael Dolan 503-999-0787 1-800-871-5141 Burntridgenursery.com [email protected] [email protected] 360-985-2873 [email protected] Hazelwood Orchards LLC W&J Orchards 17215 SW Christensen Rd 32755 Dever Conner Dr NE Chapin Orchards, LLC McMinnville, OR 97128 Albany, OR 97321-9519 9965 Wheatland Rd N Jeff Newton Wayne Chambers Salem, OR 97303 503-550-9023 541-928-7040 Matt Schuster [email protected] [email protected] 503-510-4731 [email protected] Holden Wholesale Growers, Inc. Creekside Valley Farms, LLC 10374 Hazel Green Rd PO Box 99 Silverton, OR 97381 Lafayette, OR 97127 Verl Holden 503-864-4422 503-873-5940 Creeksidevalleyfarms.com [email protected]

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HOW TO CHOOSE NEW PLANTINGS Before planting a new orchard, one should give serious consideration to varieties, orchard design, orchard site (soil and slope suitability), pre-plant soil management, etc. Some varieties are much more sensitive to Eastern Filbert Blight (EFB). See the chart below for a relative spectrum of EFB susceptibility. With new plantings, one should consider mixing in a number of pollen-compatible varieties, with suggestions at the present time leaning toward the new EFB-resistant gene pollinizer varieties released by OSU Hazelnut Breeding Program, which are Eta, Felix, Gamma, Theta, and York. Here is a list of new varieties with Gasaway resistance gene and their recommended pollinizers. RELATIVE SPECTRUM OF EFB SUSCEPTIBILITY

NEW VARIETIES AND THEIR Highly Susceptible Susceptible Less Susceptible Some Resistance Gasaway Resistance RECOMMENDED POLLINIZERS: Ennis Barcelona Lewis Sacajawea Yamhill Daviana Butler Clark Jefferson=40%Theta, 40%Eta, 20%Felix Tonda di Giffoni Jefferson Casina Hall’s Giant Gem Dorris Piedmont Willamette Dorris=York, Yamhill, McDonald Wepster Yamhill=York, Dorris, McDonald, Wepster McDonald Wepster=McDonald, York, Felix Theta Eta McDonald=Wepster, York, Felix Felix Sacajawea=McDonald, York, Felix York PollyO=McDonald, Wepster, York Gamma PollyO

Source: David C. Smith, Hazelnut Breeding Program, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University 14 | Filberts.com Follow David’s work at Facebook.com/Hazelnut-Breeding-Program-Oregon-State-University HAZELNUT INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS

The idea for an industry office to house different entities with overarching goals goes back to 1949. Oregon’s hazelnut industry organizations evolved to meet the hazelnut industry’s needs and avoid duplication of efforts. These four organizations named below share one industry office and staff. Each is responsible for different

OregonHazelnuts.org projects, and each is funded by grower, processor, or vendor dollars.

The Nut Growers Society sponsors two meetings each year where hazelnut growers can attend workshops, tour orchards, visit with packers, and peruse trade booths for hazelnut farming related industries and equipment manufacturers. The Annual Meeting takes place every January at OSU and the Summer Tour every August at rotating locations.

ORGANIZATION MAKE-UP FUNDED BY RESPONSIBILITIES Hazelnut • 5 Growers (geographic rep) Handlers are assessed $12 per ton • Administer Federal Marketing Order 982 Marketing • 4 Handlers of merchantable product handled. • Administer quality & volume regulations • 1 Public Member • Oversee promotion program Board • Voted on by growers & handlers • Provide industry production & use statistics (HMB) & appointed by the US Secretary of Agriculture

Oregon • 6 Growers (geographic rep) Growers are assessed $20 per ton of • Administer Oregon State Commodity Commission Act • 1 Handler merchantable product sold to handler. • Administer production research with OSU & private entities Hazelnut • 1 Public Member Handlers collect funds & send to OHC. • Work with OSU Extension Commission • Suggested by NGS & then appointed • Responsible for commodity commission legislation (OHC) by the Oregon Director of Agriculture • Responsible for working with EPA to obtain special use chemicals

Nut Growers • 5 Growers (geographic rep) Dues ($100 annually). • Disseminate industry information from other organizations Society (NGS) • 1 OSU Extension Sponsorships. via the newsletter & proceedings of the annual meeting OF OREGON, • Growers nominated & voted • Hold Annual Winter Meeting WASHINGTON on by growers • Hold Summer Tour & BRITISH COLUMBIA Associated • 3 Officers OHC Contracts with NGS to do Summer • Federal & State legislative matters Oregon Hazelnut • 3 Largest Handlers & Winter Trade Shows. • Other industry issues as needed • NGS President Industries • Person familiar with current issue (AOHI) AOHI is pursuing

Meredith Nagely | MANAGER Meredith Nagely came to the Hazelnut Industry Office from the lumber industry with accounting expertise. She is the overall Manager of the office as well as the official accountant for all four entities in the office. Additionally, Meredith acts as liaison for the Hazelnut Marketing Board to the USDA, and as liaison for the Hazelnut Commission to the ODA.

Polly Owen | RESEARCH DIRECTOR Polly Owen came to the Hazelnut Industry Office in 1995 from the cattle industry. Historically, she has managed the office but is now working closely with researchers as needed. She continues to be the liaison to the International Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation (INC, nuthealth.org), which is responsible for much of the nutrition research completed for the nut industry to date.

Juli Jones | GROWER RELATIONS DIRECTOR Juli Jones came from the health care industry and takes the lead on the Nut Growers Society. She handles all vendor and member relations, including coordination for Summer Tour and Winter Meeting. She manages the NGS newsletter and advertising for the annual proceedings. Oregon Hazelnut Industry 21595 Dolores Way NE #A, Aurora OR 97002 Darrin Cline | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Ph. 503-678-6823 | Fax 503-678-6825 Darrin Cline comes from Iowa with a background in communications working with FFA. He is responsible [email protected] for the HMB Promotion Program and communication projects across industry organizations and issues OregonHazelnuts.org related to the Associated Oregon Hazelnut Industries. Facebook @OregonHazelnuts

Filberts.com | 15 OSU’S WORLD CLASS HAZELNUT BREEDING PROGRAM GROWING THE FUTURE Did you know hazelnuts boast the largest acreage of any research project on the OSU campus? So says the Oregon Hazelnut Industry endowed professor, Shawn Mehlenbacher, who’s performed trials on EFB-resistant varieties for more than 30 years. “The top jars you see on the shelf date from a trial in the 1920s,” he says. “This collaboration with the industry has been going on for many decades. The products we deliver have a direct impact on the industry.”

Mehlenbacher described the 17-year process involved between breeding a test variety to having a variety to release. “When you drove past the orchards coming in,” he explains, “everything over here has a single dominant gene for resistance to EFB. The number of sources of genetic resistance is now more than 100. And we’re trying to find other sources of resistance and combine them with yield and quality.”

Shawn Mehlenbacher, Ph.D., presents samples of OSU varieties at his research lab in Corvallis.

Senior Research Assistant Becky McCluskey with Shawn Mehlenbacher in front of the hazelnut varieties display In his 32 years at OSU, he’s planted 5,000 seedlings in the dating back to the 1920s. field per year, segregating for Gasaway gene and blight resistance. The Hazelnut Breeding program plants 100 trees per progeny in the field. In order to get a release, The Oregon Hazelnut Industry 8,000–10,000 seedlings are planted. “A lot of time and Endowed Professor is effort,” Mehlenbacher concludes, “yet, it’s very rewarding to Shawn Mehlenbacher, Ph.D., see people latch on quickly to a new release.” who leads hazelnut research and education at OSU. In the month of June, Shawn Mehlenbacher and his Senior Faculty Research Assistants, David Smith and Becky For an excellent summary McCluskey, stay busy in Building #469 doing variety on the history of Shawn’s evaluations. Pictured are the crack-out samples from every research, read: OSU variety. They crack-out 100 nuts from every tree Oregon State University harvested looking for kernel defects to determine suitability as Terra magazine, Spring 2019 a new variety. In this traditional breeding process, they study “One Step Ahead: The the genetics of the germ plasm for suitability as a new parent. ongoing fight to save the humble hazelnut”

16 | Filberts.com Senior Research Assistant David Smith shares his wealth of knowledge on hazelnut breeding David Smith points to the germ and explains the evaluation process and plasm at the end of the hazelnut crack-out test spread across the lab. where the genetic code is contained for each nut.

A student researcher dutifully cracks-out 100 nuts from each tree and variety harvested from the OSU research orchard.

At the end of Electric Road in Corvallis you’ll find the cradle of OSU’s hazelnut breeding program WHO’S WHO IN HAZELNUTS AT and lab, a.k.a. “The Nut House,” where Mehlenbacher and his team have been researching and releasing new EFB-resistant OSU hazelnut varieties since he first arrived in 1986. OSU Dept. of Horticulture OSU College of Agriculture HAZELNUT BREEDING PROGRAM HAZELNUT RESEARCH + EXTENSION PROGRAM Corvallis, Oregon NORTH WILLAMETTE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER www.plantbreeding.oregonstate.edu/plantbreeding/research/hazelnut-breeding-program 15210 NE Miley Rd, Aurora, OR 97002 | 503-678-1264 Facebook.com/Hazelnut-Breeding-Program-Oregon-State-University www.extension.oregonstate.edu/crop-production/nuts Facebook.com/OSUHazelnutExtension/ Shawn Mehlenbacher PROFESSOR, HAZELNUT BREEDING AND GENETICS Jay W. Pscheidt [email protected] PROFESSOR, BOTANY PLANT PATHOLOGY Office: 541-737-5467 [email protected] Office: 541-737-3472 x5539 David Smith SENIOR FACULTY RESEARCH ASSISTANT Yanyun Zhao [email protected] PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE Office: 541-737-2702 [email protected] Office: 541-737-9151 Rebecca McCluskey SENIOR FACULTY RESEARCH ASSISTANT Nik Wiman [email protected] ORCHARD SPECIALIST, ASST. PROFESSOR Office: 541-737-5435 Vaugh Walton ENTOMOLOGIST Heather Andrews ORCHARD CROPS FACULTY RESEARCH ASSISTANT Filberts.com | 17 HAZELNUT INDUSTRY GROWER ADVOCACY The Hazelnut Growers Bargaining Association (HGBA) is a farmers’ cooperative established in 1972. The grower-member association was created to provide growers and processors transparency and stability in the buying and selling of hazelnuts. 288 75% Active Amount of today's total Members crop represented

WHY JOIN THE HGBA? BENEFITS OF HGBA MEMBERSHIP As one of the most transparent and pro-farmer • Supports grower involvement and uniform pricing contracts in the entire U.S., the HGBA is the envy of • Sets payment terms within 45 days of final delivery other commodity groups. We have a strong industry • Negotiates early guaranteed minimum price because of our open dialogue, cooperation and trust • Transparent market intelligence established between growers and processors. • Strong membership to advocate for growers • Multiple packer support ADVOCATES FOR GROWERS The HGBA contract is unique to our industry. As a SUPPORTS ITS PROCESSORS pro-grower contract, it sets a guaranteed starting The contract supports its processors by clearly defining price in the fall, which member cash processors are rules for grading, dockage, cleaning and drying, required to pay growers regardless of market transportation, payment terms, and requiring that fluctuations. Because of this contract, Oregon farmers packers treat all their growers the same. can count on a specific price, giving them all the upside over the entire market year, without the downside risk.

MANAGEMENT TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terry Ross Doug Olsen | PRESIDENT Bill Bauer Zach Christensen Beth Parsons Scholls, Oregon Eugene, Oregon McMinnville, Oregon OSU College of Agriculture Ken Pietrok Bruce Chapin | VICE PRESIDENT Lance Kirk Jim Pardey HAZELNUT RESEARCH + EXTENSION PROGRAM NORTH WILLAMETTE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER Frank Prantl Salem, OR Independence, Oregon Hubbard, Oregon 15210 NE Miley Rd, Aurora, OR 97002 | 503-678-1264 Jim Parsons Justin Scharf | SECRETARY Dwayne Bush Steve Horning www.extension.oregonstate.edu/crop-production/nuts Amity, Oregon Junction City, Oregon Monroe, Oregon Facebook.com/OSUHazelnutExtension/ Terry Ross 503-278-2912

HazelnutBargaining.com Barney Kropf | TREASURER Sean Kohlmeyer Lori Pavlicek Jay W. Pscheidt PO Box 767 | Amity, OR 97101 PROFESSOR, BOTANY PLANT PATHOLOGY Harrisburg, Oregon Gaston, Oregon Mt. Angel, Oregon [email protected] Office: 541-737-3472 x5539 Yanyun Zhao PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE OREGON’S HGBA MEMBER PROCESSORS [email protected] Office: 541-737-9151 Nik Wiman ORCHARD SPECIALIST, ASST. PROFESSOR Vaugh Walton ENTOMOLOGIST Heather Andrews ORCHARD CROPS FACULTY RESEARCH ASSISTANT 18 | Filberts.com FROM OREGON’S ORCHARDS TO THE WORLD

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BE SURE TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH... CURRENT NEWS at Hazelnuts.com/press • GROWER RESOURCES at Filberts.com/Grower-Resources COMING FALL – Live Grower Portal! Meredith Nagely | MANAGER Meredith Nagely came to the Hazelnut Industry Office from the lumber industry with accounting expertise. She is the overall Manager of the office as well as the official accountant for all four entities in the office. Additionally, Meredith acts as liaison for the Hazelnut Marketing Board to the USDA, and as liaison for the Hazelnut Commission to the ODA.

Darrin Cline | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Darrin Cline comes from Iowa with a background in communications working with FFA. He is responsible for the HMB Promotion Program and communication projects across industry organizations and issues related to the Associated Oregon Hazelnut Industries.

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