The Farming Families of Hutchinson County-August 2019

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OUR PHILOSOPHY There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn.

Every year, he won the award for the best grown corn.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.

“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, crosspollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

So is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all. ~ Author Unknown ~

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE August 2019 This month, we feature a few of our personal favorite topics: History, Food and Beer.

You’ll read about Kaylor area resident, Gary Jerke and the work he has done founding an organization called Sodak Stamm and the Menno Oktoberfest as well as a family who farms near Sioux Falls and their expansion to growing hops.

We also present the history of breweries in South Dakota dating back over 150 years ago. This is often a piece of overlooked history and local farmers played a huge role in it. We hope you enjoy these features, and if you have anything to add to the story, please don't hesitate to contact us.

In this month’s Keeping Local History Alive, we refer to a 1910 "Name the Beer" contest that Sioux Falls Brewing Company conducted. This contest was a success as one of their customers submitted the name "Ambrosia", which went on to be one of Sioux Falls Brewing Company's most successful beers in the company's history.

Now, over 100 years later, we are excited to announce a similar contest which stems from a collaboration between Remedy Brewing Company and South Dakota Farm Bureau. These two companies are proud to be working together to produce a beer made from South Dakota ingredients, raised by South Dakota farmers. The grains and hops will come from South Dakota, and the recipe and style will reflect the focus on "local" that both companies pride themselves on.

Remedy brewing and the sd farm bureau have teamed up to brew a beer that’s uniquely us. supporting south dakota farming communities using ingredients grown in our great state.

to submit your beer name, visit: www.remedybrewco.com/contest *must be 21 or older to enter and win

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Details on this contest can be found on the announcement ad on this page. Go to the website: namearemedybeer.com for official rules and the timeframe for submissions. The goal is to release this beer in cans by year's end so the turnaround on this process will be fairly quick.

We hope you enjoy this month's issue!

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GARY JERKE-FOUNDER OF SODAK STAMM AND OKTOBERFEST The largest European ethnic group that settled in South Dakota—including Hutchinson and Turner Counties—are the Germans from Russia.

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In the late 1700s, Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia at the time, invited German farmers and settlers to work the farmland that was captured following the Russian-Turkish War. That land is now the Ukraine around the Black Sea in southern Russia. Catherine, who was of German descent herself, understood the political unrest and religious persecution that was happening in Germany and Austria at that time. She also understood these German people were skilled farmers and industrious people.

For almost 100 years, several hundred thousand German farmers lived and worked autonomously among the Russians until Catherine’s grandson, Czar Alexander II, issued a proclamation that these Germans must either become more Russian or leave the country within a ten-year period of time.

attention of the younger people and explain to them their roots,” explains Gary. “Festivals are a great way to help make this happen.”

Around 1870, hundreds of thousands of Germans living in Russia had to make a choice: become “more Russian” and lose their religious privileges or move off their land. Luckily for them, this was at the same time the United States was following the Homestead Act of 1862 which opened vast amounts of land in the Midwest. These Germans from Russia came by the thousands to settle in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and into Canada.

Throughout these large migrations from Germany to Russia and eventually from Russia to the United States, these German people maintained a great deal of their ethnic identity through their religious beliefs, food, music and culture.

Long-time Kaylor area resident Gary Jerke has taken a leadership role in preserving the area’s German identity. Gary has always had an interest in history and following his education at Augustana in the early 1970s, he founded an organization called Sodak Stamm. The mission of Sodak Stamm is to keep the Germans from Russian traditions alive.

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the Germans from Russia who settled in Turner and Hutchinson Counties can trace their family trees back to Bavaria prior to their ancestor’s migration to Russia following Catherine the Great’s invitation.

The Menno Oktoberfest is a fun and interactive way to connect with German roots and a great way for nonGerman descended people to learn about the culture through music and food.

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The Menno Oktoberfest is a one-day event that focuses on music, food, and German culture.

The Menno Oktoberfest started in 1984, and this year’s event marks the 35th Oktoberfest held in Menno. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, October 19th.

Over the years, the event has had various t ypes of e nte r t a i n m e nt . Fo r approximately 12 years, there was a relationship with the German government, and they would fly musicians and dancers to South Dakota for 8

the event. Their Bavarian Oompah Bands and polka dancers were quite popular for many years. Now the planning committee tries to balance the entertainment by having traditional German music one year and a gospel group the following year. This year’s musical entertainment will feature Branson musicians Faith Journey Trio.

Food for the event is provided by volunteers who make German Bratwurst, German Potato Salad, sauerkraut, liverwurst, pickled watermelon, baked apples and a wide variety of kuchen options.

There are close to 100 members who support the local Sodak Stamm chapter and ~80 local businesses that support the event.

With all the technology and information online, it doesn’t take a great deal of effort to track one’s family line back several centuries. Many of

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The German meal will be served at 6:00 PM that evening at the Menno City School Auditorium.

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KEEPING LOCAL HISTORY ALIVE

This is a promotional painting from the early 1900s of the Sioux Falls Brewing & Malting Company located on the 800 block of North Main in Sioux Falls. Notice both the brewery and malting facility were multi-story. The cheapest and most efficient industrial power-source is gravity and most large-scale brewing operations at that time had 3+ floors—one for each phase in the brewing and packaging process.

BREWERIES IN PREPROHIBITION SOUTH DAKOTA The first European settlers to come to the Dakotas brought with them items that made life a little easier on the untamed prairie. These items ranged from hammers and nails to lumber and lamps and raw goods like coffee and sugar.

For many settlers, especially those of German descent, beer was part of their list of needed items.

Among the increasing number of people settling the Dakota Territory included people with an entrepreneurial spirit who enjoyed brewing beer in a commercial capacity. Thus, breweries started to sprout up 10

around population centers like Yankton as early as 1866 and around Deadwood in the late 1870s.

The brewing of beer largescale requires several key ingredients: water, grain, hops, and yeast. However, what is also crucial is the capital to build the breweries and demand from the public to consume the product. In the 1870s and 1880s, all those variables were either quickly emerging or plentiful with the booming railroads connecting cities like Yankton, Huron, and Sioux Falls to large cities like Chicago, Ill. and St. Louis, Mo.

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These railroads also made it possible for a population boom in the 1880s as immigrants arrived by the thousands per year to Yankton and Sioux Falls. During the 1880s alone, Sioux Falls grew from under 1,000 to over 10,000 in a tenyear period.

Several of the more successful breweries in the state were Schwenke-Barth Brewery in Yankton, Black Hills Brewing Company in Central City, and Blume Brewing Company in Huron. Schwenke-Barth’s Rose Bud Beer, Black Hills Brewing Company’s Gold Nugget Beer, and Blume Brewing Compa-

This etching from a 1888 promotional booklet for Sioux Falls boasted that the Sioux Falls Brewing Company employed 65 workers. This location on the 800 block of North Main remained the site until a new castle-like structure was built in 1904 on the same footprint.

ny’s Blumehueser Beer were brands enjoyed by South Dakotans. However, the largest and most successful brewery was in the state’s largest city: Sioux Falls.

The Sioux Falls Brewing Company started operations and was capitalized with $40,000 in company stock in 1875. They produced 250 barrels (bbls; 1 bbl is approximately 31 gallons) that first year. The following year in 1876, 500 bbls were produced and in the third year, 1,500 were produced by the company. By 1885, Sioux Falls Brewing Company employed 25 people, and they produced more than 10,000 bbls per year. To put this number in perspective, there were 18,000 bbls of beer produced

by South Dakota craft breweries in 2018. By 1888, there were more than 65 employees at the brewery which was one of the largest employers in the city.

In 1889—when South Dakota became a state, Prohibition at a state level was enacted and Sioux Falls Brewing Company remained in operation to produce beer for neighboring “wet” states until statewide Prohibition was repealed in 1896. This change in the law enabled the owners to ramp up production and expand into the malting business and the Sioux Falls Brewing and Malting Company was formed. This is when the company really expanded, and distribution increased throughout the region.

In 1900, Sioux Falls Brewing Company paid out $200,000 for barley alone, and it was reported

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A staff photo of the Sioux Falls Brewing Company in front of their new brewery taken ~ 1905.

Here are 4 examples of Beer Crates from the 4 largest Pre-Prohibition South Dakota Breweries: Sioux Falls Brewing Company, Schwenke-Barth Brewery in Yankton, Blume Brewing Company in Huron and Black Hills Brewing Company in Central City.

On display at Remedy Brewing Company in downtown Sioux Falls are these original beer crates from Sioux Falls Brewing Company, Blume Brewing Company, Schwenk-Barth Brewery and Black Hills Brewing Company. Also, at Remedy, is a room dedicated to the original Sioux Falls Brewing Company with several other artifacts and advertising pieces.

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There are many who collect PreProhibition South Dakota Brewery items. They can be found at antique shops, garage sales and other places too. Some people enjoy a good "Privy Dig" where an old out-house privy is excavated and often-times many interesting items are found.

This past summer, this bottle was found in a privy near Yankton. This is a very rare find as not many artifacts have been found from this littleknown brewery. When someone finds a Sioux Falls Brewing Company bottle, the value can be as high as several hundred dollars depending on the condition or rarity of the find.

This early 1900s photo taken from approximately 700 N Main Ave, looking North, brewery on the left; malting operation on the right.

that over 300,000 bushels of barley were used to produce beers like Bohemian Lager, Kumbacher, Anberger, Maerzen and their popular Blue Label beer.

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Local farmers could receive 5 to 10 cents per bushel more by selling to the brewery than to their local elevator. As a result, many farmers grew grains exclusively for the brewery. Distribution was also streamlined as they had branch warehouses at railroad stops like Scotland, Mitchell and even in Yankton, home of their archrival, Schwenke-Barth Brewery.

In 1901, Sioux Falls Brewing Company sold 30,000 bbls of beer and over 1.4M bottles of their Blue Label beer alone. The following year they expanded their malting operation and in 1904, opened their 6-story, castle-like brewery which cost more than $200,000 to build, which is about $5.7 million in today’s dollars.

This new facility had a capacity to produce 100,000 bbls per year as 92 employees worked for the company with 6 traveling salesmen calling on accounts in neighboring towns and states. By the end of the first year of operation, the boilers in the new brewery consumed more than 400 railcars full of coal and 15 refrigerated railcars stood by ready to distribute product at railroad stops around South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

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82M bottles of beer in 1902 to give a perspective. Sioux Falls Brewing Company was without question a large player at a regional level, but in the big picture, major breweries like Anheuser Busch, Miller, Pabst and Blatz dominated the national scene. At the turn of the century, St. Louis was the 4th largest city in the country and also had a highly developed infrastructure of railroads to distribute beer to a much larger footprint which helped Anheuser Busch greatly.

eventually, but it is very interesting to compare today’s market to one hundred years ago.

The Farming Families Magazine extends a special thanks to Ken R. Stewart and the South Dakota State Historical Society for help with this article.

It is of note just how big a role the brewing industry had in Pre-Prohibition America’s economy. It has been estimated that proceeds from Federal excise taxes paid by breweries accounted for up to 70% of the overall federal budget (this is not a misprint). Keep in mind, this was at a time before a Federal Income Tax, Social Security and pre-WWI when the Federal Government’s budget was nothing like it is today.

The growth of Sioux Falls Brewing Company was stopped in its tracks in 1917 when a second statewide Prohibition was enforced, and the company tried to produce non-alcohol drinks as did other large breweries, but to no avail. Then in 1920, when the Volstad Act was enforced, it crippled the company. The assets of the company were valued at over $1M, but it was worth nothing as they couldn’t legally produce any product. The company was sold to Crescent Creamery which produced butter, ice cream, and milk for area consumers, and that company eventually sold to Foremost Dairy.

Even with all the growth in the craft beer industry in South Dakota, it will likely take another 8-10 years before all the state’s breweries exceed the 50,000 per year in production Sioux Falls Brewing Company attained back in the early 1900s. It will likely happen 14

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SPONSOR PROFILE

BAKER AUDIOLOGY & HEARING AIDS Photos by Jeff Veire

Sioux Falls audiologist Melissa Baker and her husband, Tyler, founded their business, Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids, with the mission to devote the care and time needed to address the hearing concerns of patients.

Melissa, a Custer, S.D. native says, “I wanted to create a family dynamic with patients of all ages and stages that is established on trust and my South Dakota values.”

Melissa’s grandfather Jack Carr from White River, S.D. was a 20

rancher and worked in Fort Pierre. “He was around a lot of machinery and loud cattle his whole life,” she shares. “He told me his first cattle roundup was when he was 4 years old and traveled from Valentine, Neb. to Omaha in 1928. He had a hearing loss, and we always talked about his hearing aids.”

His hearing impairment inspired her passion to help people with hearing loss.

grandfather Clayton Baker also had a severe hearing loss.

“Tyler’s Grandpa Clayton served in World War II and started a sawmill logging business in Rockerville, S.D. (Baker Timber Products). Exposure to loud noises caused his hearing loss.

Between these two people in my life—my grandpa and Tyler’s grandpa, I knew I wanted to help people hear better,” says Melissa.

While attending the University of South Dakota, Melissa met her husband, Tyler. His

After graduating from USD in 2004, Melissa completed her clinical fellowship in

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Indianapolis, Ind. at a company called Prime Source Healthcare Systems Inc. There, she had the opportunity to travel to different hospitals, assisted living centers, and nursing homes. “I saw around 20 to 35 patients per day for seven years. I learned a lot about hearing, hearing aids, and people,” explains Melissa.

Tyler and Melissa returned to South Dakota in 2011 with their children. They knew Sioux Falls was a great city to raise a family.

Melissa worked in a private practice for two years then was recruited by an ENT business, where she worked for nearly five years before officially opening her own business last year. “I knew that only I could carry out my vision to provide service the way I believe people deserve to be served and treated. I love being personal with my patients, helping them with their individual needs, and truly caring for them the way they deserve.”

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is important for people that live far away. As we all know, the weather in the Midwest can get bad, and the drive may be an inconvenience. Today’s hearing aid technology allows me to remotely adjust hearing aids, so patients remain in the comfort of their own homes.”

Because of the nature of farmers’ and ranchers’ work, they are at risk for noiseinduced hearing loss. Melissa explains that being able to hear properly is vital for the safety of the farmers—from being able to hear the important equipment alarms, normal operation of heavy equipment, as well as in their lives.

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doctor who informed him to take a larger dose of medicine.

Luckily, he told his wife, a retired nurse. She thought that sounded off and called the doctor’s office. Sure enough, he heard the information incorrectly. He almost tripled the dose of his medicine.”

Melissa visits three nursing homes once each month, and Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids is involved in Feeding South Dakota and a member of the Sioux Falls Noon Sertoma Club. “Sertoma Club is a service organization that helps people with hearing loss.”

Without proper hearing protection, the loud sounds most farmers and ranchers experience while operating heavy equipment, power tools, ATVs, etc., can cause permanent damage to their hearing. Additionally, farmers are also at risk for developing tinnitus, or a ringing-in-the-ears sensation. Some people hear a “buzz” or a “humming” or other sounds. Tinnitus can be present with or without hearing loss, and while not life-threatening, can seriously deteriorate the quality of life for an individual.

If you’re concerned you or a loved one may be experiencing hearing loss, you are not alone.

Because hearing loss can come on gradually, it’s often the people around you who notice your hearing problems before you do. Typically, it takes people an average of seven years to seek treatment.

Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids includes four employees who work alongside Dr. Melissa Baker. Renae Luitjens, hearing instruments specialist; Stephanie Ochowicz, business manager; her husband, Tyler, is co-owner. Melissa jokes that her mother, a retired teacher, often “substitutes” for an employee, if needed.

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If you exhibit the following symptoms, consider visiting Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids sooner than later for the health benefits of your brain: • You hear mumbling when people are speaking to you • You have to ask people to repeat what they said • You laugh at jokes even though you may not have heard the details • You frequently complain that people mumble • You need to ask others

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about the details of a meeting you just attended • You play the TV or radio louder than your friends, spouse or relatives • You cannot hear the doorbell or the telephone • You find that looking at people when they speak to you makes it easier to understand • You miss environmental sounds, such as birds chirping or leaves blowing • You find yourself avoiding certain restaurants because they are too noisy • You hear a ringing sound in your ears, especially when it is quiet.

Finding the right ear protection is vital for everyone—including farmers and ranchers—to not only perform their jobs but also to prevent hearing loss. If you need additional information or assistance in purchasing earplugs, consider visiting Baker Audiology & Hearing Aids. They can evaluate your hearing concerns and ensure you find the right product for your specific need.

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LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER

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Growing up on a farm just west of Parkston, S.D., Dort Keiper grew accustomed to working hard by caring for animals and helping maintain the garden.

“We raised chickens, ducks, hogs, milked cows, hauled bales, had a garden; you name it!” she says. Her experience on the farm instilled a strong work ethic and a positive, can-do attitude.

Dort is back on a farm—now with her husband of 38 years, Dewayne, a Clayton, S.D. native.

The couple has lived on their farm near Lennox for 16 years.

Dort comments, “I love being outside, and I get eight acres to play, landscape and mow.”

They also have 1,100 acres of corn and soybeans.

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Dort Keiper, Owner of OverView Location Scouts

and national businesses and advertising agencies to find locations and talent for TV and print advertisements. She spearheads projects from start to finish—taking care of everything from securing permits, finding props and wardrobe to reserving hotel rooms. “It’s taking care of the millions of details that help take a project from good to great! The little things DO make all the difference,” shares Dort.

In 1993, Dort graduated from Willmar Technical College with a Degree in Marketing Manage-

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ment. During her 12 years working at an advertising agency in Sioux Falls, she gained knowledge of the ins and outs of ensuring a successful photo and video shoot. “I did shoots in places like California, Georgia and Minneapolis. TV and photo shoots are all about the details, and it’s a lot of work to make them happen,” explains Dort.

“So much takes place behind the scenes. I love seeing a spot running on TV and knowing that I had a hand in making it happen. I started OverView because there was no one else in the area—that I was aware

of—that could help pull it all together.”

Dort has access to leading videographers, photographers and talent across the country. She’s willing to dig in, work hard and ask the questions others often don’t think of. “Sometimes that means staying up until 1:00 a.m. to handle a concern, and that’s OK,” she shares. “Or, not panicking when you get a call from your main talent two hours before she is to be on location telling you she is in the hospital to get her appendix out, and you have to find someone to replace her ASAP! Oh, and she has a speaking part. And, it’s in Sioux City.”

“When I am working on a project, it’s my job to focus on the details so my clients can focus on what they do best and not have to worry about the little things. I work as an extension of their company,” explains Dort.

Dort coordinated the photo shoot for this Build Dakota ad campaign that included this billboard.

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COUNTRY NEIGHBOR

FAMILYOWNED HERDS TO HOPS HOP FARM PROVIDES QUALITY HOPS TO LOCAL BREWERIES Photos by AllScapes Photography, unless noted otherwise

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Paul and Jeanne Persing farm one mile west of McGovern Middle School in northwest Sioux Falls.

It is much like many other operations in the area; they raise corn, soybeans, hay/alfalfa, and they also run a cow-calf operation. However, you may recognize something a bit off the norm from standard in South Dakota.

The Persings’ property includes 320+ utility and hops poles connected by eight miles of aircraft cable that provide trellises for over 8,000 bines, a bine is a long, flexible stem of a climbing plant, especially the hop, on their hops farm called “Herds to Hops Farm”.

The couple along with Jeanne’s children, Karli Baker and Troy Grovenburg, started construction of the hops farm in 2017, and they harvested their first crop the following year in 2018. Hops farming is an endeavor that utilizes agricultural and horticultural knowledge, an understanding of market dynamics along with strong business acumen, and a lot of patience and sweat equity; even if all of those variables are in place, success or failure can still be solely determined by Mother Nature.

Over the past 15 years, there has been a craft beer resurgence in the United States with over 7,000 craft breweries in the country, which is up from only about 1,300 back in the early 2000s. South Dakota is home to 29 breweries with eight located in Sioux Falls. With this ongoing growth in the number of breweries, the need for a consistent, quality supply of hops is necessary for these breweries.

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Karli and her husband, Andy, lived in the Denver area before moving back to South Dakota in 2016. They saw firsthand the growth in the beer industry. When the family wanted to diversify the family farm, they researched several options ranging from vineyards to raising buffaloes, but hops were the most logical choice because both Karli and Troy have advanced degrees in science and share a love for agriculture and beer.

Troy says some things learned when operating a hops farm can only be obtained through experience. “If you find a per acre estimate online or in a book for building a hop yard, double it. When somebody tells you how labor-intensive growing hops are, believe them…then double that amount too and be prepared for weed control, because that is a never-ending battle as well!” explains Troy.

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water them like mad during the day, but ideally, they need to be dry during the night and the climate here typically allows for that,” he explains.

Other benefits of growing hops in the area include building connections with breweries that have an appetite for locally grown, unique hops. “At our hopyard, we currently grow Cascade, Michigan Cooper and Mount Hood varieties of hops.

Remedy Brewing Company, Woodgrain and Gandy Dancer have all used our products in a wide variety of beers, while Severence and Obscure have contacted us about this year’s crop,” says Troy. “Each hop variety has a different smell, even when it’s still in the field or on the plant. Our Michican Cooper smells like Juicy Fruit Gum!” Currently, Herds to Hops is expanding their operation.

They are working on a second field that is just less than 6 acres that will hold approximately 5,000 plants on approximately 240 poles.

The first 1,800 of these plants were planted this year with remaining plants earmarked for 2020 and 2021. At this new location, they planted Tahoma, Triple Pearl, Mackinac™, and 30

Michigan Copper™ varieties with another 4-5 varieties planned for remaining plants.

When fully operational, the two fields will produce over 15,000 lbs. of hops in a good year. As part of the expansion, they are constructing a new building to house a state-of-the-art Buskirk processing system and AmerivacS packaging system.

This will enable them to take the hops from field to freezer in 24 hours— making storage and shipping much easier and efficient.

Cultivation of hops can be traced to the Hallertau region of Germany in 736 AD, with commercial production for brewing documented in as early as 1079 AD. Hops made it to the United States early in our nation’s history, and now, about 40% of the world’s hops crop comes from the United States. Hops plants can grow 12 inches in a day during the right conditions. However, most grow 2 feet per week during the early summer. During the heat of the summer, each plant is irrigated with 12 or more gallons of water each week.

The best condition for growing hops is a mild spring season.

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the hop yard— the better,” explains Troy. “Hops begin to emerge as soon as the frost leaves the ground and require constant attention. If weather allows, a pre-emergent hop approved herbicide is used followed by some manual weed control. When hop buds are approximately 6 inches tall, we ‘burn’ them back thru either chemical or mechanical means for a couple of reasons.

First, many of the early shoots are ‘bull’ shoots which are not suitable for training. But more importantly, properly timing bine training is crucial for maximum hop yield. This pruning encourages strong, succulent secondary shoot growth and reduces disease.

In our area, burn back should typically occur before May 1st since hops take 3-4 weeks to regrow after pruning.”

Troy continues explaining the seasonal care of hops as he describes the process from mid-to-late April/early May, when they begin hanging 20-22 foot strands of coconut fiber twine called coir, 2 per plant.

“Once coir is hung, we train hop plants by gently winding appropriate shoots (typically 2-3 per coir) clockwise around the coir. Our goal is to have our field(s) entirely trained by

the 1st of June. This requires 3-4 trips through the field to properly train each plant.

Once trained, summer hop yard chores include continued weed control, monitoring and adjusting our irrigation system, fer tilizing, and constant vigilance for diseases and pests. We maintain a rigorous integrated pest and disease management plan in our fields. We continuously monitor our fields for any sign of diseases (i.e., downy mildew, powdery mildew) and pest (i.e., Japanese beetle, potato leaf hopper) damage.

We use a preventive fungicide application program to control disease damage as well as cultivating practices such as stripping of lower leaves to aid in disease management. We use 6-9 different fungicides each season in order to rotate modes of action among fungicide groups (FRAC codes) as well as pre-harvest interval (PHI) requirements.

We are dedicated to improving soil health and use fertilizer products from Soil Works in Yankton, South Dakota, which is designed to create an environment beneficial for

microbial action and nutrient cycling. We test both soil and leaf tissue to aid in determining the timing and quantities of nutrient additions.”

Hop harvest occurs from late July through early-to-mid September—depending on the variety of hop. Hops are a commodity, and as such, prices fluctuate with supply and demand. New varieties often can command significantly higher prices for the first few years until new growers bring supply up. Unlike corn and soybeans, hops must be marketed and directly sold to breweries or to a large hop broker.

Currently, there are an estimated seven commercial hop yards in the state. Not all hop yards are commercial; some raise only a few tens or hundreds of plants for personal use. Most commercial yards select varieties with an eye on local/regional brewery needs.

There are some staple hops and most yards seem to grow at least one of the following varieties: Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook.

The Herds to Hops family has their plan in place for the next stage in their company’s future.

As the craft beer industry continues to grow, demand for products like hops and other commodities used in brewing will continue to catch the eye of local growers and entrepreneurs. If this means more business meetings with local brewers over a pint of end-product for Troy and the folks at Herds to Hops, they would love the opportunity to meet.

Whether a person is a fan of craft beer or not, one can recognize Herds to Hops Farm is one of several area hops farms that exist to supply quality product to an industry with growing demand.

However, it’s not only about business; they are a testament to the strong and trusting relationships forged between local growers and local breweries who share the goal to create the highest quality brew and why the craft beer scene continues to flourish locally as it has nationally.

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