{"id":3399,"date":"2020-05-05T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brewtogether.com\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2021-07-31T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T21:42:01","slug":"commercial-hop-farming-with-darbro-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brewtogether.com\/2020\/05\/05\/commercial-hop-farming-with-darbro-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Commercial Hop Farming: Interview with Darbro Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever been curious about commercial hop farming? It’s not easy, but it might be more achievable than you think! Today we’re excited to share Joel and Holly Darbro’s story of how they started hop farming commercially and how they run Darbro Farms – a hop farm that has been family owned since 1870 on 180 acres located in beautiful Southeast Kansas. We hope you find their story inspiring and their advice helpful! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start the interview!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for joining us, Joel! Our hope is that other homebrewers who are interested in commercial hop farming can learn from and be inspired by your experience in running Darbro Farms. We’re excited to be speaking with you!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us a little bit about Darbro Farms<\/strong>!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Darbro Farms is a commercial hop farm in southeast Kansas. This land has had a long and colorful family history dating back to 1870 when my ancestors scraped out a living farming. I purchased the land from my Dad back in the mid 1990s, and we have lived here full time on the farm since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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