pH-balanced soil and precipitous hills create a nearly ideal ecology for the trees, according to Ankara University agriculture Professor A. Ilhami Koksal, in his 2002 book, “Turkish Hazelnut ...

As the Turkish lire becomes less valuable against ... Farmers were inspired to plant hazelnut trees while earning decent returns on the crop, which saw its Oregon acreage roughly triple to 90,000 ...

The value of the Turkish lira also continues to fall against ... The association estimates that hazelnut trees are planted on about 75,000 acres in Oregon, and trees on about 45,000 of those ...

Hazelnut prices have surged almost 10 per cent in the past two weeks after the Turkish government intervened ... and “off” years, when the tree recovers from the previous year’s production.

Ferrero is helping fund the project and hopes to see farmers plant 25,000 acres of hazelnut trees by 2027, from about 400 currently. An Ontario farmer can earn 10 times more per acre from ...

Then this spring, the state-run Turkish Grain Board (TMO ... has planted 900,000 hazelnut trees in southwest New South Wales since 2014, a spokesman said. Ferrero is also active helping growers ...