As the hops grow, you'll need to keep an eye on them to make sure they're climbing where you want them to. It's amazing how quickly they can grow during the peak season-sometimes several inches a day!

Another obstacle is the start-up cost of a growing operation. Setting up the trellis system is expensive, and costs about $10,000 to establish an acre of hops. Plus, the hops vines don t produce a ...

Hops may look like buds, but they are actually small flowers that grow vertically on bines. A perennial plant, they thrive between the 50th and 40th parallels, but can grow as low as the 30th ...

Hops may look like buds, but they are actually small flowers that grow vertically on bines. A perennial plant, they thrive between the 50th and 40th parallels, but can grow as low as the 30th ...

Hops grow best when given a minimum of 16 hours of sunlight, which is available at latitudes of 35 degrees and above. Florida’s uppermost latitude reaches just 31 degrees, UF/IFAS said.

Though Eric Sannerud never thought of becoming a farmer while growing up in the suburbs, the 25-year-old may soon own the largest hop farm in Minnesota. On Saturday, Sannerud and Ben Boo announced ...

Meadowview, Va., farmer talks about growing hops; coming home; having faith Time passes like a slow moving freight train through the sleepy town of Meadowview.