OSU giving seminar on growing hops, barely for craft beer industry. *Deadline Today*

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Are you interested in growing and marketing this highly sought after agricultural crop for the rapidly expanding craft brewing industry? Would you like an opportunity to meet and talk with some of Ohio’s best hop growers? Would you like to learn how you can take advantage of the hop mechanical harvesters, processing and pelletizing operations that have been formed and are available for use by Ohio hop growers? If so, you may want to consider participating in the third annual 2016 Ohio Hops and Malting Barley Conference & Trade Show that will be held in partnership with the Ohio Hop Growers Guild and the Ohio Malting Barley Industry, Feb. 24 and 25, 2016 in Wooster, Ohio. Learn More

This is specifically on growing for the Midwest beer industry, but have legs will travel. Registration ends today, Cost is $175.00 for two days, and $100.00 for one day.

Conference sessions will include:
• Planning to make your hop farm profitable.
• How Brewers Select their Hops.
• Managing Diseases in the Hops Yard.
• Collaborative Marketing-Ohio Hops Guild.
• Hops Fertility Management Using Petiole Analysis and Fertigation.
• Greenhouse to field, Giving Hops a Jumpstart.
• Enhancing Beneficial Insects in Your Hop Yard.
• Identifying and Managing Hops Pests.
• Using Cover Crops as an Integrated Pest Management Tool in Hops.
• Weed and Herbicide Management.
• Soil Selection, Preparation, and Fertility.
• Drying, Cleaning, and Packaging Barley for the Malting Market.
• Malting Barley Diseases and Management Strategies.
• Malting Facilities and Markets in Ohio.
 
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