MU horticulturist Jim Quinn picks a single hop cone from the thriving hop yard July 14 at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. Hops are cone-shaped flowers used largely to flavor and stabilize beer.
The vine of a hop plant climbs up a rope in the hop yard on July 14 at Bradford Research Center. Jim Quinn and Patrick Byers built the hop yard in April. The hops are growing fast, and the researchers will harvest the crop starting in August.
Cascade is one of the 10 varieties planted in the hop yard at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. According to the USDA 2015 National Hop Report, Cascade is one of the leading varieties in states that dominate hop production, such as Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Quinn said that Cascade is growing well in his hop yard.
MU horticulturist Jim Quinn stands among what he likes to call "Shaggy Beasts" on July 14 at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. Six months into his research on hops, Quinn is optimistic about the growth of the project.
MU horticulturist Jim Quinn picks a single hop cone from the thriving hop yard July 14 at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. Hops are cone-shaped flowers used largely to flavor and stabilize beer.
The vine of a hop plant climbs up a rope in the hop yard on July 14 at Bradford Research Center. Jim Quinn and Patrick Byers built the hop yard in April. The hops are growing fast, and the researchers will harvest the crop starting in August.
Cascade is one of the 10 varieties planted in the hop yard at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. According to the USDA 2015 National Hop Report, Cascade is one of the leading varieties in states that dominate hop production, such as Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Quinn said that Cascade is growing well in his hop yard.
MU horticulturist Jim Quinn stands among what he likes to call "Shaggy Beasts" on July 14 at Bradford Research Center in Columbia. Six months into his research on hops, Quinn is optimistic about the growth of the project.
COLUMBIA — As soon as James Quinn arrived back home at the Columbia Regional Airport, his wife whisked him over to the Bradford Research Center. Quinn had just returned from the annual National Association of County Agricultural Agents conference — the very event that sparked his interest in hops research in 2014.
He'd been away for a week and was glad to be back to tend the rapidly growing plants: three rows of 15-foot-high trellises covering a quarter of an acre. "Shaggy beasts," he called them.
