Pacific Nut Producer Magazine

Tag: Matt Miller

  • Hazelnut Grower Shares Initial Experience with Cover Crops

    Orchard floor management has been a longtime priority for hazelnut growers as well as other tree nut growers that mechanically harvest their nuts after dropping to the ground.  Smooth, level, bare, and debris-free have been the long-desired qualities for the orchard floor. The tide is turning though as growers are taking a greater interest in improving soil health and structure with cover crops. Pacific Nut Producer Editor Matthew Malcolm met with Oregon hazelnut grower Matt Miller as he shares his initial experience in transitioning his orchards to the use of cover crops.  Watch this brief interview and stay current on hazelnut industry news by reading your monthly issue of Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.

    Please thank this video’s sponsor George Packing Company for their industry support.

  • Nut Growers Society President Addresses New Eastern Filbert Blight Crisis

    In addition to good news of higher prices and a new hazelnut variety release from Oregon State University, hazelnut growers in attendance at the Nut Growers Society Winter Meeting were also discussing and expressing much concern over a new strain of Eastern Filbert Blight (EFB). Now spreading around the Willamette Valley of Oregon, this new strain appears to be no respecter of the long trusted EFB resistant varieties growers have been investing in. Pacific Nut Producer Editor Matthew Malcolm discussed this issue with the new Nut Growers Society President, Matt Miller, who happened to be among the first to discover this new EFB strain. Watch Miller’s interview and read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.

    Please thank this video’s sponsor George Packing Company for their industry support.