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.
From the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Guide to Hazelnut Production in Ontario:
From Birkemeier Farms:
From Oregon State University, Jeff L. Olsen – Growing Hazelnuts in the Pacific Northwest:
From the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Guide to Hazelnut Production in Ontario:
From Birkemeier Farms:
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.
From Oregon State University, Jeff L. Olsen – Growing Hazelnuts in the Pacific Northwest:
Small scale harvesting equipment:
A wide variety of harvesting and processing equipment:
See the BC Government AgriServiceBC Hazelnut Production Guide for:
BCHGA is providing a free listing for hazelnut nurseries as a resource for growers. It is the growers’ responsibility to ensure the quality of the trees. We strongly recommend that you verify that all trees have been treated for EFB.
AgriForest Bio-Tech – Kelowna, BC
Quality EFB resistant hazelnut plants through tissue culture technology. Available Spring 2025
4290 Wallace Hill Road, Kelowna, BC
info@agriforestbiotech.com
250-764-2224
NatureTech Nursery Ltd.
BC’s first producer of EFB resistant hazelnut trees (since 2010), offering 12 cultivars from the OSU breeding program. Trees available for planting fall 2024.
info@naturetechnursery.com
778 835 1400
Van Maren Farms – Chilliwack, BC
9 varieties of EFB resistant #1 bare root hazelnut trees available for spring or fall planting. Custom planting available for commercial orchards.
cornel@vanmarenfarms.ca
604 798 2320
Pacific Coast Agriculture
Zachary Fleming, PAg
zach@pcagriculture.ca
604 798 2798
Van Maren Farms – Chilliwack, BC
Offering custom harvesting, orchard management, and pruning in Chilliwack and the surrounding areas.
cornel@vanmarenfarms.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!
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