The conference will cover the following topics:

• Controlling & Managing Spider Mites and Insects in Your Hop Yard
• Processing Facilities – Food Safety Regulations
• Hop Pest Management
• Mobile Hops Dryer Demonstration
• Dealing with Weeds in Hops
• Disease Diagnosis, Forecasting, Treatments and Control
• When NOT to start a Hop Farm: Finances, business planning, markets and labor requirements
• Proper ways to Process and Store Hops
• Hop Varieties that Perform Well in Ohio” – On -Farm Variety Performance Trials
• Trellis Systems – what works for you and how to build various types of systems
• Do’s and Don’ts of Fertilization
• How to Build Your Own Fertilizer Injector
• Designing and Properly Managing Your Hop Irrigation System
• Hop Harvest Necessities – Knowing when and how to harvest

NOTE: Topics will grow as the planning stages of this conference continues.