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 ...

Not long ago, enthusiasts foresaw a day when many San Diego beers would feature San Diego hops, the oily cones that lend beer numerous enticing flavors and aromas. When the San Diego Hop Growers ...

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 ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The largest hops farm and processor east of the rockies is here in northern Michigan and it's looking for new ownership. After seven years of harvesting, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A commercial hops processing facility planned for Loudoun County could have a big impact on Virginia’s rapidly growing craft beer industry, according to Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The governor’s office ...

Asahi UK is partnering with researchers, industry and farmers on a new initiative to forge a path towards more sustainable hop farming.

Michigan’s largest grower and processor of hops and one of the largest operations outside of the Pacific Northwest is looking for a buyer, Crain’s has learned. Based in Acme Township, about 10 miles ...