{"id":3207,"date":"2017-02-07T11:11:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/?p=3207"},"modified":"2017-02-07T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T15:11:10","slug":"mark-your-calendar-8th-annual-hop-conference-february-25-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/2017\/02\/07\/mark-your-calendar-8th-annual-hop-conference-february-25-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Your Calendar: 8th Annual Hop Conference, February 25, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3208 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8793-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>We invite you to join us for our 8th Annual Hop Conference scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2017.\u00a0 It will be held at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel in Burlington, VT, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/extension\/cropsoil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-Hop-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View our Conference flyer for details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s conference will include both advanced and beginning sessions as well as hearing from the following presenters during the morning session:\u00a0 Jaki Brophy of Hop Growers of America, hop crop consultant Julien Venne, brewer Bobby Grim of Foam Brewers, and David Gent of USDA-ARS.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced sessions will include presentations on characteristics of a beer brewed with local hops with Rich Michaels of Saranac Brewery, wild hops and downy mildew resistance with Josh Havill of UMN, pelletizing hops by Tim Kostelecky of John I. Haas, and UVM research updates.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning hop grower sessions including information on hop cost of production, starting a commercial hop yard, constructing a hop yard, hop irrigation, basic hop agronomy and IPM, and harvest and post-harvest processing.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/hopconference\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/hopconference<\/a> to register today!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3210\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3210\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hoppenin\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_6695.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker panel from 2016 Vermont Hop Conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The registration fee, which includes lunch, is $75 per participant and $65 for NeHA members.\u00a0 There is also an option to view the conference as a live broadcast for $35.\u00a0 The Hops Live Broadcast will include the morning session and the advanced sessions during the afternoon.\u00a0 We are sorry that we cannot cover both the advanced and beginning sessions which are being held simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>On-site check-in at the event opens at 8:15 a.m. and the conference starts promptly at 9:00 a.m.\u00a0 Please contact <a href=\"susan.brouillette@uvm.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Brouillette<\/a> if you have questions.<\/p>\n<p>Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to join us for our 8th Annual Hop Conference scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2017.\u00a0 It will be held at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel in Burlington, VT, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. View our Conference flyer for details. 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