This 386.5-acre property is currently being run as a hops farm. Once a winter sheep farm, the property has deep roots in the area and its Tri-River Valley agricultural infrastructure was established in the early 1900s with the development of the Gunnison River Project. The first hop crop was planted in 2008 and the property has been actively and sustainably farmed since then. With 90.4 shares of the Uncompahgre Water Users ditch there is plenty of irrigation and the property has the potential to provide 141 acres of farm land with topography that will allow the owner to harness water for hydro electric power. The ranch is just minutes from downtown Montrose and includes a 4-bedroom, 2.5-bathm 2,061 sq. ft farm house and a 3600-sq. ft. Butler building/shop. The property's state-of-the-art irrigation system is a gravity fed drip system run by a Netifim programmable Clock, valves and miles of drip line with in line .6 gallon per hour emitters. It includes an inlet structure, bubbler, 3 media filters, a fertilizer inductor with tank and drain valves for complete winterization. The farm's custom built baler is modeled after those used on the big farms in Washington and Oregon with bales 24 x 24 x 23 at roughly 100 pounds. The drying system uses hot air from high in the processing shop drawn by fans to move air through handling trays and dry the Hops to the optimal moisture without damage from overheating. In the past few years the farm has sold wet and/or dry hops to the likes of AC Golden for their Colorado Native, SKA Brewery, Telluride Brewing, Aspen Brewing, Tommyknocker, Boulder Beer, Pagosa Brewing, Steamworks, Moab Brewing, Smugglers Brewpub and 3 Rivers Brewpub. For more information visit www.sanjuanhopfarms.com
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