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 ...

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) -- 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, ...

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 ...

MOUNT ANGEL, Ore. (AP) — On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie's farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer ...

Jeff Perrault, in straw hat, leads a tour of hops fields at Perrault Farms for a group from the Beer Institute on Thursday. YAKIMA VALLEY – The challenges facing the Washington hop farmer are aplenty, ...

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 ...

The Empire Hops Farm is located at the foot of the Sleeping Bear Dunes in Empire. Founded by Dan Wiesen and son, Alex Wiesen, they run the 115-acre business dispersed between Empire and Suttons Bay.

CHICAGO – While Chicago’s craft beer scene is rich and growing, the hop farming craze has yet to fully take root in Illinois. For context: Michigan, top hop producer in the Midwest, will have more ...