Hop production appears to have great potential in western Colorado. The following information will assist you you decision on being involved with this new industry.
- Growing Hops - PDF – Dr. Ron Godin (most aspects of growing the plants) - PowerPoint Presentation
- Hop Harvesting Equipment - PDF – Mr. Randy Flores (equipment form the NW hop industry) - PowerPoint Presentation
- Hop Trellising & Budgets - PDF – Dr. Ed Page (comparing high and low trellises and their cost) - PowerPoint Presentation
- Research, Varieties, and Brewers Needs - PDF – Ms. Ali Hamm - PowerPoint Presentation
- A Small Grower’s Perspective - PDF – Mr. Larry Sheer (his work on varieties and growing) - PowerPoint Presentation
- Hop Varieties on Trial - PDF (CSU and Larry Sheer varieties being tested)
- Popular Hop Substitution Chart - PDF
- Hop Culture in California
- Hops Establishment Costs Under Drip - Yakima 1999
- Hops Establishment Costs in the Willamette Valley - 1990
- Hops Fertility in the Willamette Valley 2000
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