Final Grant Reports

2025-26 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute 2025
  

2024-25 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Nebraska Craft Brewery Board Website
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association Executive Director
• Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute 2024
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Industry Marketing
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Salary
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Conference, Expo, & Digital Academy

Research

• Commercial Evaluation of Nebraska-adapted Hops

Education

• Creation of an Academic Path for a Brewing-focused Undergraduate Education and a Craft-Brewing Industry Career Workshop

2023 - 24 Fiscal Year

Education

• Creation of Brewing-Focused Modular Curricula Utilizing the University of Nebraska Innovation Campus Food Processing Center Brewhouse

Promotion

• Nebraska Craft Brewery Board Website
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association Website
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association Executive Director
• Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute 2023
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild KETV Advertising
• Outreach
• Advertisement
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Drink Local Campaign
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Lee Advertising
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Industry Marketing
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild NE Tourism Marketing Grant
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Conference & Expo

Research

• In-Field Downy Mildew Screening of Hop Genotypes

2022-23 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Social Media Grant
• Nebraska Beer: Explore the Difference
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Salary
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association Website & Top Hop Event
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association Executive Director Salary
• Nebraska Beer Bracket
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Website Design
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild 2022 Drink Local Nebraska Marketing Campaign
• Nebraska Craft Brewery Board Website 
• Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute 2022

Research

• Improving Integrity of Hop Breeding Lines

Education

• Creation of an Academic Path for a Brewing-Focused Undergraduate Education and a Craft-Brewing Industry Career Workshop

2021 - 22 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Nebraska Craft Brewery Board Website
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Drink Local Campaign
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Official Nebraska Travel Guide Advertisement
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Social Media Grant
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Executive Directory Salary (2021-22)

2020 - 21 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• NCBB Website
• A Craft Brewery Industry Dilemma: Can 'Blended Local Public Hop Varieties' Match a Proprietary Hop?
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Executive Director Salary (2020-2021)
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Strategic Planning Grant (2020-2021)
• NCBG Official Nebraska Travel Guide Advertisement

2019 - 20 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Executive Director Report
• 4th Annual Nebraska Grower & Brewer Conference
• Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild Marketing & Conference Grant

Education

• Nebraska Agri/Eco Tourism Workshop

Research

• A Craft Brewery Industry Dilemma: Can ‘Blended Local Public Hop Varieties’ Match A Proprietary Hop?
• Analytical Tests for Brewing Traits Among Hop Breeding Lines

2018 - 19 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• Executive Director Report

Research

• Barley to Barrel (Year 2)
• State Economic Impact of the Nebraska Craft Brewery Industry
• Targeted Breeding to Develop Midwest Adapted Hops

2017 - 18 Fiscal Year

Promotion

• 2nd Annual Grower and Brewer Conference
• Nebraska Hop Growers Association

Research

• Nebraska Brewing Testing Laboratory
• Composition Profile Evaluation of Hop Varieties Grown in Nebraska and the Feasibility and Cost-Effect Study of Using Hop Fractions in Brewing
• Development and Characterization of Downy Mildew Resistance in Hops
• Barley to Barrel (Year 1)
  

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