A recent NC State Extension Homegrown article describes the growing interest in hops production in North Carolina, and features the efforts byNC State University's Dr. Jeanine Davis and Dr. Luping Qu at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center in Mills River, NC to develop breeding lines that will thrive in the environmental conditions of the southeast.
Learn more about how the Specialty Crops program at MHCREC is contributing to these efforts.