Event Details
Date
June 21, 2014
Time
8:00am-4:00pm
Location
Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory
6592 West Main Rd
Portland, NY 14769
Cost
$75.00 NeHA & LERGP member
$100.00 Non-member
Host
Lake Erie Regional Grape Program
7167922800
email
Pre-Registration Deadline: June 20, 2014
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Hops Production in the Lake Erie Region
June 21, 2014
PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!
*The conference will take place indoors, with an outside hop yard tour in the afternoon.*Participants will learn about commercial hops production; starting with classroom instruction on production practices from commercial hops growers from Pennsylvania and New York as well as Cornell University extension staff. The talks will provide an overview of hops production from before they are planted in the ground to the processing and marketing after harvest.
In the afternoon participants will head out to the CLEREL hop yard for a firsthand look at hop yard construction and a discussion with hops growers on the practices they use in their hop yards. A small scale harvester prototype will be available for viewing in the afternoon. Topics to be covered:
Planting a hop yard
Nutrition basics
Short trellis hops production
Processing
What to do with your hops after harvest
Marketing hops
Determining pricing for selling hops
Planting a hop yard
Nutrition basics
Short trellis hops production
Processing
What to do with your hops after harvest
Marketing hops
Determining pricing for selling hops
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Agenda (PDF; 1601KB)