MILWAUKEE (AP) – Craft brewers eager to capitalize on the local food movement have created a strong demand for hops to flavor their all-local beers, but farms in most states have grown slowly because ...

A single-engine Piper Comanche has room in its cargo hold for about a dozen big burlap sacks. Try to stuff in any more, and you’ll crush the precious green blooms inside the bags. But on this warm day ...

The growth in hop farming is directly related to the explosion of breweries, which numbered just under 200 across the United States 25 years ago, according to the National Brewers Association. As of ...

This week I’m going to focus on hops, a main ingredient in beer, specifically the growing and harvesting of hops that is in full speed as you read this column. Hops are the female flower of the hop ...

After 124 years in the hops business, Crosby Hops is still innovating. What it does: Producer of hops and hop pellets Location: Woodburn Top executive: CEO Blake Crosby After 124 years in the hops ...

SABIN, Minn. — It won't be long, and corn and soybeans will come off the fields in our region. On Monday, Sept. 9, near Sabin, another type of row crop was being harvested and headed for a beer near ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A former Grand Traverse County hops farm has been up for sale for more than a year. MI Local Hops was the largest hops farm and processor east of the ...

At first glance, one might mistake Ben Sunderman's farm for some sort of training grounds for acrobats. Twenty-foot utility poles are buried 4 feet in the ground and crossed by wires. Strings plummet ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A Michigan hop farm located in the Flint area was recently recognized for having the best Chinook hops in the state. The Hop Growers of Michigan hosted the 7th annual Michigan ...