Hazelnut industry pricing: what’s happening in Oregon & beyond

As we prepare to bring in the 2025 hazelnut harvest, we’re facing steep cost increases in the processing steps — particularly in washing, drying, and pasteurizing — and those shifts are affecting all growers here in Oregon. We want to be open about what’s happening, why we’re adjusting our pricing, and how we’re trying to soften the impact for our customers.

The Oregon market

  • The 2025 crop is already being valued at at least 40 percent above last year’s minimum guaranteed price for Oregon hazelnuts. 

  • The processing industry is more consolidated than ever. Fewer facilities remain that can wash, dry, pasteurize nuts, which puts extra pressure on those that remain to carry higher loads. 

  • Our own packing partner has shared that their cost to process will be increasing by more than threefold this fall.

The global market

Even though we grow our own hazelnuts here, we’re part of a global market — and what happens in Turkey, Italy and other major producing regions matters.

  • In Turkey, which supplies a large share of the world’s hazelnuts, severe spring frosts and weather damage have trimmed crop potential in many orchards. Some forecasts suggest declines of 20–30 percent in yield in affected regions. As global supply tightens, buyers are competing for fewer nuts, driving prices upward.

  • Also, in 2025, global production forecasts entered the season with uncertainty around weather, frost, and supply constraints — all making prices more volatile. 

Even though those challenges begin overseas, they ripple all the way to local growers like us here in Oregon — and we’re doing everything we can to adapt responsibly.

We’ve held off raising our prices for as long as possible. We continue to invest in our orchards, pick at the right times, and maintain rigorous quality controls. But with processing costs surging, holding prices steady would either force us to cut quality — which we won’t do — or operate at a loss. At Hazelnut Hill, you’re getting our locally grown product that is packed at its freshest and prepared for you by our small-but-mighty team of farmers and candy makers.

As of Nov. 1, 2025, our pricing will increase to reflect the costs of the 2025 harvest. We’re hopeful that the overseas market will bounce back in 2026 and that prices will even out in the coming year.

Thank you for supporting the local growers here at Hazelnut Hill while we navigate the market’s fluctuations together. 

Warmly,
Rachel & Ryan Henderson