Hop production in Midwest and Eastern North America online course now available
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EmailLearn more about the challenges and opportunities for hop production in reemerging growing regions.
The last decade has seen a rapid expansion of hop acreage outside the traditional North American production regions. To assist prospective hop producers in understanding the challenges and complexity of hop production, the Great Lakes Hop Working Group has developed a comprehensive introductory course focused on production in reemerging regions including the northern Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast.
This online, on-demand hop production course provides detailed and comprehensive presentations and resources that address all aspects of hop production from economic considerations to postharvest handling. The course was developed for beginner or prospective hop producers but could also be utilized by more experienced hop growers.
The convenience of this on-demand course allows users to work at their own pace but still provides access to the most recent information and hop expertise from around North America. You can preview the first course module, an industry overview by Rob Sirrine with Michigan State University Extension.
Additional course content includes:
- Hopyard construction
- Cost of production
- Stages of production
- Horticultural practices
- Disease management
- Insect management
- Weed management
- Beneficial insects
- Pesticide considerations
- Harvest
- Postharvest
- Marketing
The cost to register is $50 and includes all course content. Pesticide recertification credits are available for Michigan applicators. A certificate of completion is available upon completion of all course work.
View registration instructions and technical assistance information.
Closed captioning is provided. If you have any technical problems, please contact the Michigan State University IT Service Desk from 7am-12am Monday through Friday and 10am-12am on Saturday/Sunday, any day that the University is open.
- Phone: (517) 432-6200
- Phone (toll free): 1 (844) 678-6200
This course was created by the Great Lakes Hop Working Group and supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Crop Protection Pest Management Program and the North Central IPM Center (2014-70006-22486) and (2017-70006-27175). Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.