Harvest is over, and as always, much has been learned from the growing season. Now is the time to finish documenting your successes and failures in your handy-dandy Hop Production Record Keeping Booklet! Did you notice that one variety seemed to do better with two bines per string vs. four bines? Or perhaps that training …
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Hi Folks, We deeply apologize for having to cancel last week’s hop harvester showcase with such short notice. We have rescheduled the field day for Wednesday, September 7th. Time and place are still the same: 146 Line Rd, Alburgh, VT, from 11 am to 3 pm. Please click on the link for more details. Looking …
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The Hop Harvester Showcase scheduled for tomorrow August 26th at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, VT has been postponed due to weather and unforeseen circumstances. Please excuse any inconvenience this may have caused, and stay tuned for a notice of the date and time of the reschedule. Contact the UVM Extension office with any questions …
As many of you have heard, we are designing a hop harvester, and we want to show it off! We are planning two showcases, one in Northfield, MA at Gene and Bonnie L’Etoile’s farm for our southern friends, and one for our northern friends at Borderview Farm in Alburgh, VT, where our research is hosted. …
As you are out in your hopyard, doing your weekly scouting, you may have run across these helpful little fellows: A spider mite destroyer lady beetle, or Stethorus picipes (Figure 1, click on the image to enlarge it), is a very useful beneficial insect and can eat up to 6 spider mites a day. Both …
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Savanna Kittell-Mitchell, NW Crops and Soils Program & Dr. Heather Darby, UVM Extension Agronomist Recently, injury and even death of hop plants from potato leafhopper feeding has been observed in Vermont. Leafhoppers are damaging insects that have an appetite for more than 200 crops. The potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) is considered an economic pest of …
Location: Borderview Farm, 46 Line Rd, Alburgh, VT Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011 Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm Download pdf version of brochure This year’s theme is Cultivating a Healthy Farm! From the ground up, we will highlight healthy soils, healthy crops and healthy people. Come and see over 2,000 research plots focusing on …
Powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis (Wallr.) U. Braun & S. Takam) is one of the predominant fungal diseases that you might encounter in your hopyard. Any pest issue in your crop can be daunting but a diligent integrated pest management (IPM) approach can help overcome many issues. The goal of integrated pest management is to integrate …
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Spider mites found in Northeast hopyards! This article, written by New York State Hops Specialist Steve Miller, will help you identify, scout, and develop treatment options for your yard. If you need assistance with scouting please give us a call (802) 524 6501. To purchase a hand lens, check out the following sites: Amazon.com (keyword: …
Greetings Hop Lovers, We are happy to announce an upcoming field day at Square Nail Hops Farm in Ferrisburgh, VT on July 8th from 4 pm – 6 pm. Please click on the link for more details.