by Steve Carpenter | Jul 2, 2019 | blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
It’s July in the Pacific Northwest and it’s hard to believe that harvest will begin next month. Overall baby yields are expected to be down due to late snow cover in March in Washington that prevented growers from digging roots and delayed planting beyond normal...
by Steve Carpenter | Sep 25, 2018 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
Most growers are in their final week of hop harvest and the weather remains cool and dry in most regions. The Oregon crop is mostly harvested and in cold storage. The weather forecast looks favorable for the next few days and many in the industry believe this year...
by Steve Carpenter | Sep 17, 2018 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
A bit of rain made harvest last week a bit challenging for our Oregon growers, but the cool dry weather prevailed over the rest of the Pacific Northwest contributing to orderly ripening and generally excellent quality. A light, cold wind blew across the Yakima Valley...
by Steve Carpenter | Sep 10, 2018 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
Cool, but dry weather across the Pacific Northwest has contributed to excellent ripening and harvest conditions. Alpha analyses on early picked aroma hops appear to be down slightly from long-term averages. This trend does not correlate necessarily with alpha...
by Steve Carpenter | Sep 3, 2018 | blog-brewing, blog-farming, blog-hop-varieties, blog-hop-wire, blog-news-and-events
Weather continues to cooperate with PNW hop growers as temperatures have been in the 80’s so far and the weather report calls for cool and dry temperatures for the next week or so, also. All growers are now picking hops in all growing regions and quality appears to...
