Chris Hansen, partner at Climbing Bines Hop Farm and and hop farmer, stands in the hop yard of the farm in Penn Yan, N.Y., Tuesday, October 25, 2011. The farm is located near the shores of Seneca Lake, seen in the distance. The bines, which are empty, sold out of it's harvest this year. Climbing Bines supplies regioinal breweries with hops, the majority of which are used for harvest ales. Climbing Bines' two other partners who are not pictured are Brian Karweck and Jerimiah Sprague..(Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times)