How many years until hops yields and what cone yield is realistic in Indian hill trials?

Hops is a perennial that gives little in the first year as the crown and roots establish, and usually reaches fuller production from around the second or third year onward. In its traditional long day temperate homelands cone yields are well documented, but in Indian hill trials the yield is uncertain and often lower because our shorter summer day length can limit cone formation, so I cannot give you a reliable Indian yield figure, treat anything you hear as an unproven range. The plant also needs a tall trellis and careful drying, adding cost before any return. Given the slow build up and the day length question, the realistic stance is to plant a small trial, measure your own cone yield over a few years with a research partner, and not assume the high yields quoted from foreign growing regions.