OTTAWA, Kan. – It is a brisk spring morning in mid-April and Kansas Hop Co.'s farm is a blank canvas. Clyde Sylvester walks across his property over to the 3 acres of soil where hops seeds are resting beneath. Dozens of wooden utility poles stand tall on the property, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Hops season is just beginning in Kansas and in a few short months, Sylvester's hops farm will transform into a green, lush scene. "They grow to this 18-feet length basically in well over a month," Sylvester said. "You can almost watch them grow." Sylvester, co-owner of Kansas Hop Co., has ...