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Oct 06, 2022 01:16PM ● By WNC Business

The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ New and Emerging Crops program is providing grant funding for ongoing research at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River to develop new hops varieties for use in the craft beer industries.

Project leader Dr. Jeanine Davis and Dr. Luping Qu, the lead breeder for this research program, are developing new hybrids which they hope will produce hop varieties with higher yields and be more suitable for the climate and growing conditions found in North Carolina and the Southeast.

Source: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center