Hazelnuts and Chestnuts in NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Tompkins County is excited to release our report, Effective Chestnut and Hazelnut Management Practices and Improved Genetic Materials in New York.

This report is the culmination of two years of work with farmers and other service providers, many of whom have drawn upon experience and research that stretches back much further. The report includes information from our on-farm assessments and identification of promising genetic lines of chestnuts and hazelnuts, as well as information about management, processing, and marketing.

As with all such reports, there will be pieces missing, alongside (what we hope are) novel contributions to the state of the industry in New York State. We would welcome your feedback about both elements - such feedback will be an important element of our final report to the funder, and will inform future research and extension programming. You can provide feedback here or by email to Graham Savio at gs695@cornell.edu.

Thank you to the New York Farm Viability Institute for support via a USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant to make this project possible. We look forward to seeing and supporting the next steps in chestnut and hazelnut production in NY state.

Last updated November 7, 2024