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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As summer bleeds into fall, so does festival season. Why not add in a hop celebration before everything pumpkin and grapes begins? That was the line of thought by the team at TopWire Hop Project, ...