River ranch in Mabton, Washington

River Ranch has an operating capacity of three standard picking machines and can service multiple combines at one time with its three unloading bays. River Ranch is streamlined from the bottom up for increased productivity and food safety, offering fully enclosed product conveyers and stainless steel construction. The design of the facility allows for hop cones harvested in the field to skip the picking process and be sent directly to the kiln conveyer in order to avoid damage to the already picked cones.

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