Hops Harvester Fits In Pickup Bed
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The rapidly growing microbrewery industry need hops, and small hops growers need harvesting equipment. That created a market for the Hop Harvester 1000, which fits in the back of a pickup and runs on 110-volt electricity, says Steven Steenland, owner of Steenland Manufacturing, a family-owned fabrication business in New York state.
The harvester’s belt-fed system has rubber fingers that pick off the hop cones, which drop to a screen, while the rest of the plant falls into a separate pile.
The compact size of the unit makes it affordable for producers with 1 to 5 acres of hops, Steenland says. The Hop Harvester 1000 sells for $11,800, compared to $50,000 for an imported harvester that is more complicated and has steel fingers.
Hop growers appreciate its versatility –they can take it to the field and run it with a generator or set it up in a building and bring the harvested hops plants to it.
“We have already shipped them all over the country and to Canada,” Steenland says.
As the brewing industry grows, Steenland is preparing to meet their needs with a bigger machine suitable for larger acreages.
“We are trying to grow with our customers,” he says. And they recently introduced a batch-type hops dryer.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup. Steenland Manufacturing, 54400 St. Hwy. 30, Roxbury, N.Y. 12474 (ph 607 326-7707; steenlandmanufacturing.com; steven@steenlandmanufacturing.com).
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Hops Harvester Fits In Pickup Bed CROPS Miscellaneous The rapidly growing microbrewery industry need hops and small hops growers need harvesting equipment That created a market for the Hop Harvester 1000 which fits in the back of a pickup and runs on 110-volt electricity says Steven Steenland owner of Steenland Manufacturing a family-owned fabrication business in New York state
The harvester’s belt-fed system has rubber fingers that pick off the hop cones which drop to a screen while the rest of the plant falls into a separate pile
The compact size of the unit makes it affordable for producers with 1 to 5 acres of hops Steenland says The Hop Harvester 1000 sells for $11 800 compared to $50 000 for an imported harvester that is more complicated and has steel fingers
Hop growers appreciate its versatility –they can take it to the field and run it with a generator or set it up in a building and bring the harvested hops plants to it
“We have already shipped them all over the country and to Canada ” Steenland says
As the brewing industry grows Steenland is preparing to meet their needs with a bigger machine suitable for larger acreages
“We are trying to grow with our customers ” he says And they recently introduced a batch-type hops dryer
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Steenland Manufacturing 54400 St Hwy 30 Roxbury N Y 12474 ph 607 326-7707; steenlandmanufacturing com; steven@steenlandmanufacturing com
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