Ag project: Hops
Overgrown ryegrass, the cover crop planted between rows, sticks to shoes. Tendrils of hops rise eight or nine feet in the air, snaking up twisted coconut fiber ropes toward the trellis 18 feet above the earth.
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The sunsets over field 15 as hops plants grow onto coconut fiber ropes toward the trellis 18 feet tall at Loftus Ranches, a fourth-generation hop farm in the Yakima Valley on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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I love beer, said Steve Rhinefrank as he drinks and IPA at Yakima Sports Center in Yakima on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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Estella Marem works in the hops field at Loftus Ranches, a fourth-generation hop farm in the Yakima Valley on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. Kathy Plonka/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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Hops plants grow onto coconut fiber ropes toward the trellis 18 feet tall at a farm in Yakima on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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Felipe Quiroz works the crumbler at John I.Hass hops distrubution in Yakima on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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Hops powder is produced at John I.Hass hops distrubution in Yakima on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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Beer is tested in the labratory at Bale Breaker Brewing Company on Monday, May 21, 2018.
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Kevin and Meghan Quinn talk about running the Bale Breaker Brewing Company in Yakima on Monday, May 21, 2018.
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Beer cans are stacked up and ready for filling at Bale Breaker Brewing Company in Yakima on Monday, May 21, 2018.
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Lexie Baker serves drinks at Yakima Sports Center in Yakima on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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The moon rises over field 15 as hops plants grow onto coconut fiber ropes toward the trellis 18 feet tall at Loftus Ranches, a fourth-generation hop farm in the Yakima Valley on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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WSU hops researcher and entomologist Doug Walsh talks about his work with hops plants at the Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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Patrick Smith talks about his roll in his familys fourth-generation hop farm, Loftus Ranches, in the Yakima Valley on Tuesday, May 22, 2018.
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