Hops ride on a conveyer belt shortly after being harvested on the second day of hop harvest at CLS Farms Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Moxee, Wash.

Palacios said 99% of the hop harvest goes to making beer, but, according to the U.S. Brewers Association, beer sales dropped 3.1% in 2022 due to the growing popularity of other products.

The two largest hop growing areas in the United States are in the Willamette and Yakima valleys, which has made the Pacific Northwest a beer destination. From mid-August to late September, local brewe ...

A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany.

The hop harvest leverages more machinery than corn or peaches, mostly because the cones have to be processed using specialized equipment before they’re sold. Still, tools like the pelletizer ...

So, Obendorf and the other local growers cashing in on the hops boom are growing more of it. He says they'll harvest as much as 22,000 bales of hops, "It's 4,000 ton. Yeah. It makes a lot of beer." ...

MUMFORD – History and craft beer combines for the annual Hop Harvest Festival at Genesee Country Village & Museum, 1410 Flint Hill Rd.

Hop Harvest & Vine Public House, a restaurant and bar adjacent to the Good Harvest Market, 2205 Silvernail Rd., in Waukesha, opened its improved beer garden last weekend overlooking a 17-acre ...

Hop Harvest & Vine, located adjacent to Good Harvest Market, has created an outdoor space overlooking their 17-acre nature conservation area with a beer garden that has seating for over 100 visitors.

That's a ratio that's roughly 20% usable product to 80% waste. Some of the hops waste can be used for fertilizers, and a portion can be sold to biogas plants to produce energy.