Hop farmers in the Pacific Northwest use roughly 425,000 miles of twine each season to string their trellises by hand, but a new machine can do much of the hard work for them. Hop plants are ...

About a year ago, I answered a call for a Master Gardener volunteer to build a Hops Trellis for a Beer Garden. I then researched Hops and found them, according to Wikipedia, to be: As I started this ...

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Traditionally grown hops are trained up strands of twine rigged across an 18-foot-high trellis system and then hand-tied at the top to a series of overhead cross wires. Come harvest, the hop-bearing ...

A farm field near North Liberty is now among a handful in the Hoosier state dedicated to growing hops. Hops are plants used to add flavor and taste to beer. “As we started setting these poles out here ...

MOXEE, Wash. — Recent wet weather did not stop preparations for hop season at Roy Farms, although it did slow things down a bit. Three tractors pulling lifts for crews maintaining the trellises got ...

Hops successfully grow up the retaining wall on a lot in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The black circles at the base of the plants are old plastic drum barrels that were cut into ...

The hops crowns are planted at the bottom of the ropes, and vine up the trellis toward the top of the pole. This trellis design is more appropriate for someone growing in a small space and is usually ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biodyne USA and Trellis Growing Systems, two privately held ag-tech companies based in Fort Wayne, IN, have announced a new joint venture: Trellis Growing Solutions.

MOXEE, Yakima County — Recent wet weather did not stop preparations for hop season at Roy Farms, although it did slow things down a bit. Three tractors pulling lifts for crews maintaining the ...

An essential ingredient in beer production is cropping up across Vernon County. Hops, or cones that contribute to the beer's bitterness and aroma, have been established in at least three locations ...