From Rogue:
The County Line 2 wildfire burned 67,207 acres south of Rogue Farms in Tygh Valley, Oregon. Photo by Peter Mackwell, Oregon Department of Forestry.
The summer of 2015 is one for the record books.
As we wrapped up the hop harvest at Rogue Farms in Independence, Oregon, the National Weather Service informed us that this was the hottest summer at the farm since record keeping began in the 1800s.
It wasn't just the heat that kept us on our toes. Huge wildfires raced across Eastern Oregon, one of which came unnervingly close to our 200 acres of malting barley. For most Oregonians the fires seemed a distant distraction until one weekend when smoke from the wildfires filled the Willamette Valley. Our hopyard resembled a scene from an apocalyptic movie - minus the horsemen.
Like we always do at Rogue Farms, we soldiered on, picking our pumpkins, reaping our barley, wheat and rye, and harvesting our hops. But Mother Nature sure kept it interesting.
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