It’s time to order Hop Rhizomes…if you haven’t already done so! Some nurseries have already sold out; others have order deadlines that are fast approaching. Below is a list of sources for hop rhizomes. If you are a rhizome producer and we missed you in our list – let us know! Wholesale: Aroostook Hops, Westfield, …
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Mark Your Calendars: 6th Annual VT Hops Conference scheduled for Feb 20, 2015
Please mark your calendars for February 20, 2015 for our 6th Annual Vermont Hops Conference. It will be held from 9 am to 4 pm at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in South Burlington, Vermont. You can check the conference website at: www.uvm.edu/extension/hopsconference… you can even register now!
Hops and Your Health
Happy New Year! The folks at Michigan State University Extension are offering a webinar on Tuesday, January 13 at 1 pm ET called, “Your Lungs, Your Life: Respiratory Disease in Hop Growing and Processing.” The one-hour webinar will include speakers Carolyn Whitaker and Dr. Dave Bonauto from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Safety …
Holiday Closing of Testing Lab
Please note that the UVM Cereal Grain Testing Laboratory will be closed for the holidays beginning Monday, Dec 22, 2014 and reopening Monday, Jan 5, 2015. It would be best to hold on to your hop samples until after the 5th. Thanks. Best wishes for happy holidays! And, keep calm and hop on…
WCAX Highlights Hop Research
Hey all, If you haven’t seen it yet, WCAX, our local CBS affiliate, highlighted our hop research in a recent “Sunday Science” feature. Take a look! Sunday Science: Researching local hops – WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports.
Preparing Hop Samples for Quality Analysis
Happy hop harvest everyone! As you may know, our University of Vermont Extension Hop Quality Testing Laboratory is now up and running. We want to thank everyone for supporting the lab! We have received many samples over the last few weeks. As samples have been coming in, however, we have noticed that many are above …
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Hello Hop Harvest!
We tested ~ 30g of our early varieties on August 8th and harvested our first Saaz plot of the season on August 12th at the research hopyard in Alburgh, VT. Several of our early and mid-season varieties are ready to harvest. Please continue to practice meticulous hop processing so that our local brewers have excellent …
Having trouble with Japanese Beetles?
Take a deep breath; help is on the way! While scouting a hopyard in central Vermont, UVM Extension Entomologist Scott Lewins photographed these Japanese beetles last week with some deadly companions on their backs (Figure 1). The white dots on the thorax of the Japanese beetle in the picture are eggs of a parasitic fly brought …
Field Day Hop Irrigation Guest Speaker
We are excited to announce that Trevor Hardy from Brookdale Fruit Farm will be at our Annual Crops and Soil Field Day THIS THURSDAY, July 24th in Alburgh, VT. He owns an irrigation company in Hollis, NH and will be sharing his expertise on the important topics of irrigation and fertigation. Please join us!
July 2014 Hop Update
Disease: Downy mildew is our biggest pest problem this year in Vermont. Due to the lasting rainy weather, we continue to see aerial and basal spikes appear. For disease control in the Alburgh, VT research hopyard, we spray an organic fungicide weekly. We also have a new crowning trial this season that you can check …