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 ...
ALGONA — Michael McNeill of Algona remembers when his father thrashed soybeans for animal forage before they caught on as major crop in Iowa. Today, McNeill is following in his footsteps by ...
The hazelnut business is in a bind. Demand is rising, supply is tight, and a deadly fungal disease is constraining production. But one man may... One Man's Quest To Protect A Rare Kind Of Hazelnut ...
Eastern filbert blight, a fungal pathogen that kills hazelnut trees, first made its way to the Northwest in the 1960s. Since then, farmers have managed the fungus by pruning infected trees and ...
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