

Barley growers make malt for Minnesota brewers
CROOKSTON, Minn. -- Barley grown outside of Fisher, Minn., is finding its way into the region’s craft beers. Vertical Malt, a startup business in Crookston run by Adam Wagner and his father, Tim, uses barley grown on the Wagner farmland between Grand Forks, N.D., and Crookston to create malt, a main ingredient in beer. The business has been operating for a year in the Valley Technology Park, a city-owned startup incubator, and has sent its products to craft breweries in the a