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 Lower Yakima Valley farming operation was ordered to pay $300,000 and reform its hiring and training practices under a consent decree it entered with the Washington state attorney general’s ...

The story behind Loza Farms, one of the few Mexican American-owned hop farms in the U.S., is one of love, family, ...

When you drink a bitter beer, you don’t say, “This stout certainly has a lot of iso-alpha acids.” But in part, that’s what you’re drinking. The key to brewing a good beer is to balance bitterness and ...

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 ...

BRULE, Minn. -- Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be any more to say about Duluth's new title as the state capital of micro-brewing, craft beer and brew pubs, along comes this story about ...

The Koester Hops Farm is the largest of its kind in Western New York and they grow four varieties. Nancy says "Hops are what give beer its flavor, otherwise it would taste like bread." I toured the ...

Colorado may not be the best-known hop growing region in the U.S., but according to experts, it is producing some of the best crops. This month, Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose took the top accolade ...

It's never been easy to be a farmer, and that's especially true for the wild ride that 2020 has been. Market disruptions over tariffs and supply interruptions are another in a line of challenges ...

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 ...

A few miles north of Two Harbors, perched on the banks of the Stewart River, a new farm is drawing some attention. In 2012, its owners started growing climbing green crops on high-strung wires and, in ...

EDEN, NY (WKBW-TV) — The Koester family in Eden made the switch from growing pumpkins to growing hops in 2015. Nancy Keoster says "I was getting tired of picking up pumpkins." The Koester Hops Farm is ...