Virgil Gamache Farms was founded in 1913 in Yakima Valley. Originally named Sunshine Ranch, hops was not the industry it
A conversation with Shelley and Eric Desmarais of CLS Farms in Moxee, Washington about the 2026 hop harvest and what
Checking in with Northern and Southern Hemisphere hop farmers for the state of the 2024 crop.
Barley breeding is hard, expensive, and takes a long time. For one pair of parents, hundreds of crosses are made.
It is autumn in the southern hemisphere which means it is harvest time for hops south of the equator. This
Craft maltsters share field reports from the 2022 harvest.







