NCDA&CS Supporting the NC Emerging Hops Industry

(Updated: Sept. 6, 2022, 12:58 p.m.)
woman picking hop cone from plant
Margaret Bloomquist, research associate in the Department of Horticultural Science, picking hops from a new breeding line at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center. Photo by NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program

9/6/2022 - The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) has been very supportive of our hops research program with grants offered through the New and Emerging Crops Program. Their public information officer, Brandon Herring, just released this wonderful article and video about the hops breeding efforts the most recent grant is supporting:

Grant Funds Helping Develop New Hops for State's Craft Brewing Industry