USA: Hops shipping to Coors and Anheuser-Busch factories was started

Willamette Valley farms have begun shipping hops throughout the country to the nation's largest beer producers, The Associated Press has recently posted. According to the Oregon Hop Growers Association, Oregon is the second-largest hop producer in the United States after Washington.

At Goschie Farms in Silverton, workers are busy harvesting 250 acres of hop plants. The farm produces 400,000 pounds of hops each season.

The hops are shipped to Coors and Anheuser-Busch factories after being dried, cooled and packed into 200-pound sacks.

27 September, 2005