Brianna Childers wrote a nice article in the Topeka Capital Journal about Hops and Malt production in Kansas.
Check out her story at
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2021/04/24/kansas-farmers-putting-hops-into-crops-defying-odds-heavy-soil-barley-brewery-beer-oregon/7285044002/
Kansas Hops Article