Whether you are new to growing hazelnuts or have been doing so for a while, we hope that you find this resource listing helpful. Feel free to contact us if you can’t find the information you are seeking, or if you have suggestions for additional resources you’d like to see listed.
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The data presented in the Hazelnut Production Enterprise Budget is sourced from current local hazelnut growers, and from production yields from Oregon-based research findings.
BCHGA is providing this data in order to illustrate the anticipated revenue/costs (per acre) for starting a new orchard.
Please see the table below, or you can download the printable brochure >
There is a wealth of knowledge available for those seeking information to help in the farming of hazelnuts. As new information becomes available, we will keep this section up to date. The BC Government has now published a wealth of production-related information about hazelnuts here.
Below are some additional links to information sources. If you do not find what you are looking for here, feel free to contact us, and we will do what ever we can to assist.
It is recommended that a very level orchard floor be kept, otherwise nuts will rest in hollows and be difficult to pick up at harvest. A leveller is a useful piece of equipment to have access to, from about year 3 onwards.
Small scale harvesting equipment:
A wide variety of harvesting and processing equipment:
See the BC Government AgriServiceBC Hazelnut Production Guide for:
Mosterman Plants Inc. – Chilliwack, BC
43583 Adams Rd, Chilliwack, BC
Call 604 823 4713 or email
source@mostplantsinc.com
Mountain View Acres – Agassiz, BC
Call Neal Tebrinke on 604 796 3437, or email
nealtb@hotmail.com
NatureTech Nursery Ltd.
12 varieties of Eastern Filbert Blight-resistant trees!
info@naturetechnursery.com
778 835 1400 (Haley)
778 808 1015 (Thom)
Pacific Coast Agriculture – Chilliwack, BC
High-quality, premium hazelnut trees
info@pcagriculture.ca
604 798 2798
Pacific Coast Agriculture
Zachary Fleming, PAg
zach@pcagriculture.ca
604 798 2798
Thom O’Dell PhD, PAg
Nature Tech Nursery Ltd
info@naturetechnursery.com
778 808 1015
Pacific Coast Agriculture – Chilliwack, BC
Planting, Orchard Care, Spraying
info@pcagriculture.ca
604 798 2798
Van Maren Farms – Chilliwack, BC
Custom Harvesting
cornelvm@live.ca
604 798 2320
Fraser Valley Hazelnuts Ltd. – Receiving Station for George Packing Co.
For further information, please contact:
Kevin Hooge, 604 997 7811
kevin@fraservalleyhazelnuts.com
Field Day VideosBCHGA’s 2020 Field Day pivoted to a virtual format this year, and as a result, we now a new video library of information sessions produced for the occasion. Explore the videos here >
Please contact us for any questions you might have about hazelnuts. We are happy to help!
One of our Directors will get back to you as soon as possible.