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U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Oregon Field Office. Oregon Hazelnut Production Forecast September 12, 2008. Quick Facts about the 2008 Hazelnut Objective Yield (HOY) Survey. Total sample size = 180 samples 1 sample = 1 orchard
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U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Oregon Field Office Oregon Hazelnut Production Forecast September 12, 2008
Quick Facts about the 2008 Hazelnut Objective Yield (HOY) Survey • Total sample size = 180 samples • 1 sample = 1 orchard • 2 trees per orchard • 90 samples carried from last year • 90 samples painted this year • Of the 180 samples, 177 were usable • Total nuts picked = 68,999 • Of those, 15,373 were sub-sampled • 88.7% of sub-sampled nuts were good (13,636 nuts)
Oregon Hazelnut Production -Released September 9, 2008-
Put on the brakes! • It was determined that the crop was under-developed. By the time we were able to get in touch with the picking crews, 31 out of 180 samples had been picked. • Procedures were modified for the return to the orchards. We swapped picking colors. Blue had been scheduled to be picked this year and orange next year.
1/ The average number of nuts per tree is a calculation. It is the number of good nuts sampled per tree expanded by the number of terminal and primary limbs recorded from each tree. There were 252 Barcelona trees sampled in 2008.
1/ The average number of nuts per tree is a calculation. It is the number of good nuts sampled per tree expanded by the number of terminal and primary limbs recorded from each tree. There were 62 Ennis trees sampled in 2008.
1/ The average number of nuts per tree is a calculation. It is the number of good nuts sampled per tree expanded by the number of terminal and primary limbs recorded from each tree. There were 354 trees sampled in 2008.
1/ The average number of nuts per tree is a calculation. It is the number of good nuts sampled per tree expanded by the number of terminal and primary limbs recorded from each tree. There were 252 Barcelona trees sampled in 2008.
Results of 2008 Lab Sampled Nuts Brown stain count is included in defective nuts Total nuts sampled = 15,373