Fall Hops Conference
Event Details
The Northeast Hop Alliance (NeHA) and the Cornell Agriculture Economic Development Program of Madison County (AED) announce the Fall Hops Conference to be held on Saturday, November 5th at Brown’s Brewing Company in Troy, New York. The conference is for anyone interested in growing hops commercially. Tremendous growth in the microbrew industry has led to a renewal of hop production in the Eastern U.S., especially New York and New England. Consumers are looking for quality and variety in their beer choices, and locally grown hops are helping to make those brews fantastic.
regions. Dr. David Gent, a leading USDA plant pathologist from Corvallis, Oregon, and Dr.
Shaun Townsend, a hops researcher, from Oregon State University will share up to date
information on disease management and horticultural practices for quality hop production and
harvesting. Dr. Heather Darby from the University of Vermont will speak about land
preparation and fertility in the hopyard, and Chris Callahan of Callahan Engineering will reveal
his prototype for a small scale mobile hop harvester. Other speakers will include information
on trellis design, the cost of getting started, pest management, an update on the Farm Brewery
legislation in New York and more.
The Northeast Hop Alliance annual meeting will be held at the conference. This is a great
opportunity to meet growers, researchers and brewers and to learn about growing hops
commercially in the Northeast. If you are growing hops or contemplating doing so, then you
won’t want to miss this event!
The program will run from 8 am to 5 pm. There is a fee for the day which will include lunch.
The event is sponsored by a USDA/NYS Specialty Crops block grant and a Northeast SARE
Speaker grant.
Please register before October 28th by visiting http://nehopalliance.eventbrite.com or check
out the NeHA website at www.nehopalliance.org. For more information on the conference
contact Steve Miller, NYS Hop Specialist, at sgm6@cornell.edu or call 315 684-3001 x 127.
