Welcome to another hop season! We are gearing up for the growing season and first on the to-do list is spring crowning. As you know, Downy Mildew (DM) is a major concern for us in the Northeast and we must use every tool we have to manage it. DM can overwinter in the plant crown …
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Don’t miss out on attending our Vermont Annual Hop Conference!
WHEN: Friday, February 19, 2016 TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration starting at 8:15 a.m. PLACE: The Hampton Inn Vermont Event Center at 42 Lower Mountain View Drive, Colchester, VT 05446 Join us to hear information about hop agronomy and fertility management, hop growing challenges in England (including diseases), scaling-up production, updated hop research, …
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Mark Your Calendars: NeHA Annual Meeting at Cornell Hops Conference, 12/5/15
The annual conference of the Northeast Hops Alliance will be held in conjunction with Cornell University’s Annual Hops Conference, scheduled for December 5, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Morrisville State College in Morrisville, New York. This is a great opportunity to network with brewers, educators, and hop growers, as well as to …
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Hop Harvesting Field Day, September 11, 2015
Please join us for a informal Hop Harvesting Field Day! We will hold this informal event on Friday, September 11, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Borderview Research Farm, 146 Line Road, Alburgh, Vermont. Come learn about and share your experiences with harvesting and drying hops. We will demonstrate how to test …
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Hop Cone Disease Symptoms
Why are my hop cones black? Harvest is approaching quickly and for some may be well underway! This season’s wet conditions have resulted in high disease pressure on the hop plants. These diseases are now starting to show up on the cones of the plant. At this time, we have identified primary fungi downy mildew …
Getting Ready for Harvest: Smell, Touch, Hear, & Measure
Timing is critical to harvesting high quality Northeastern hops, as is paying close attention to drying, packaging, and storing the harvest. Our hops at the Alburgh research farm are not quite ready to harvest yet. We predict that the harvest of early maturing varieties will begin at the end of next week (the week of …
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Hops Production course at VTC
Vermont Technical College asked if we would please share the information on a Hops course they are offering on August 10-11, 2015. Following is the course information, as well as their contact information. Hops Production. August 10-11, 2015. $200. Description: Two day introductory course in small scale hop farming in the Northeast. Day one will …
Biopesticides: A Natural Alternative
Biological pesticides, or biopesticides, are pest management tools derived from animals, plants, bacteria, and/or naturally occurring minerals. Many common biopesticides uses microorganisms like entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, nematodes or viruses as their active ingredients. The most widely used microbial pesticides are derived from Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt. Each strain of this soil bacterium produces a different …
Come On Over to Our Hopyard, 7/23
Join us this Thursday, July 23, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for our annual Crops and Soils Field Day at the Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh. The day will include tour stops to our hopyard where we will discuss critical hop insect and disease pests and our research–including new trials on bio fungicides–to …
3 Things that Matter in Pest Scouting: Location, Location, Location
“There are three things that matter in property: location, location, location.” We have found that location also matters in growing hops, particularly this spring. Southern Vermont has been exceptionally dry for long periods, while northern parts of our region have been soggy, to say the least. The cool, wet conditions that we’ve been experiencing in …
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