National Hop Report ISSN: 2158-7825 Released December 19, 2018, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2018 Hop Production Up 1 Percent From Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2018 totaled a record high 107 million pounds, up 1 percent from the 2017 crop of 106 million pounds. Combined area harvested for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2018 totaled a record high 55,035 acres, up 2 percent from the 2017 level of 53,989 acres. Harvested acreage increased in Idaho and Washington, but declined in Oregon. The United States hop yield, at 1,943 pounds per acre, declined 13 pounds from a year ago. Washington produced 73 percent of the United States hop crop for 2018; while Idaho accounted for 15 percent and Oregon accounted for 12 percent. Cascade, CitraR, Zeus, Centennial, SimcoeR, and C/T/ZR were the six leading varieties in Washington, accounting for 49 percent of the State's hop production. In Idaho, Zeus, Chinook, AmarilloR, Cascade, CitraR, and MosaicR were the major varieties, accounting for 70 percent of the State's hop production. In Oregon, Nugget, Cascade, Willamette, and CitraR were the major varieties, accounting for 52 percent of the State's hop production. The 2018 value of production for the United States totaled $583 million, down 1 percent from the previous year. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and United States: 2016-2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Area : Yield : : Price : Value and : harvested : per : Production : per : of year : : acre : : pound : production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : acres pounds 1,000 pounds dollars 1,000 dollars : Idaho : 2016 .........: 5,648 1,646 9,297.7 5.50 51,137 2017 .........: 7,125 1,974 14,067.3 5.00 70,337 2018 .........: 8,140 1,995 16,242.8 5.30 86,087 : Oregon : 2016 .........: 7,765 1,596 12,395.3 5.25 65,075 2017 .........: 8,216 1,518 12,470.4 5.00 62,352 2018 .........: 7,725 1,675 12,936.2 5.40 69,855 : Washington : 2016 .........: 37,444 1,748 65,446.6 5.84 382,208 2017 .........: 38,648 2,046 79,083.8 5.80 458,686 2018 .........: 39,170 1,984 77,727.7 5.50 427,502 : United States : 2016 .........: 50,857 1,713 87,139.6 5.72 498,420 2017 .........: 53,989 1,956 105,621.5 5.60 591,375 2018 .........: 55,035 1,943 106,906.7 5.46 583,444 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2016-2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Idaho : Amarillo R, VGXP01 ... : (D) 983 825 (D) 1,569 2,009 Apollo TM ............ : 235 228 232 1,893 1,798 1,951 Bravo TM ............. : 151 149 87 2,359 2,799 2,226 Calypso TM ........... : 81 81 81 1,937 2,159 2,138 Cascade ......................: 788 882 836 1,585 1,771 1,716 Centennial ...................: (D) 255 (D) (D) 2,028 (D) Chinook ......................: 418 699 962 1,712 1,665 1,873 Citra R, HBC 394 ..... : 576 759 855 1,213 1,657 1,438 Cluster ......................: (D) (D) 63 (D) (D) 2,126 : Comet ........................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) Crystal ......................: 123 182 150 1,678 2,084 1,927 El Dorado R .......... : 227 219 120 1,658 2,163 1,463 Eureka TM ............ : (D) (D) 133 (D) (D) 2,299 Galena .......................: (D) (D) 109 (D) (D) 1,715 Mosaic R, HBC 369 .... : 496 500 506 2,204 2,581 2,333 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ..... : 232 394 449 1,335 1,494 1,245 Super Galena TM ...... : 69 (D) 84 1,872 (D) 2,493 Willamette ...................: (D) 128 (D) (D) 1,689 (D) Zeus .........................: 580 1,061 1,496 2,761 2,756 2,764 Experimental .................: 9 26 (D) 1,000 611 (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,663 579 1,152 1,174 1,959 1,845 : Total ........................: 5,648 7,125 8,140 1,646 1,974 1,995 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 1,211 1,247 1,064 1,597 1,425 1,623 Centennial ...................: 723 789 698 1,235 1,273 1,277 Chinook ......................: 107 124 129 1,675 1,667 1,674 Citra R, HBC 394 ..... : 654 766 690 1,047 1,475 1,600 Crystal ......................: 423 407 354 2,216 1,772 1,819 Fuggle .......................: 141 86 59 1,021 1,251 1,034 Golding ......................: (D) 215 121 (D) 1,181 1,160 Magnum .......................: 151 47 105 1,493 1,714 1,284 Mosiac R, HBC 369 .... : (D) 337 (D) (D) 1,875 (D) : Mt. Hood .....................: 324 318 311 1,463 1,439 1,411 Nugget .......................: 1,460 1,467 1,307 1,925 1,820 1,946 Perle ........................: (D) 76 77 (D) 1,164 1,093 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ..... : 330 461 436 1,969 1,421 1,588 Sterling .....................: 228 227 191 1,626 1,407 1,760 Super Galena TM ...... : (D) 67 84 (D) 2,096 2,216 Tettnanger ...................: 122 72 72 1,193 1,013 1,027 Willamette ...................: 833 892 913 1,573 1,324 1,489 Experimental .................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,058 618 1,114 1,546 1,573 2,068 : Total ........................: 7,765 8,216 7,725 1,596 1,518 1,675 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Idaho : Amarillo R, VGXP01 ... : (D) 1,542.3 1,657.4 Apollo TM ............ : 444.9 409.9 452.6 Bravo TM ............. : 356.2 417.1 193.7 Calypso TM ........... : 156.9 174.9 173.2 Cascade ......................: 1,248.9 1,562.0 1,434.6 Centennial ...................: (D) 517.1 (D) Chinook ......................: 715.5 1,163.8 1,801.8 Citra R, HBC 394 ..... : 698.5 1,257.7 1,229.5 Cluster ......................: (D) (D) 133.9 : Comet ........................: (D) (D) (D) Crystal ......................: 206.4 379.3 289.1 El Dorado R .......... : 376.3 473.7 175.6 Eureka TM ............ : (D) (D) 305.8 Galena .......................: (D) (D) 186.9 Mosaic R, HBC 369 .... : 1,093.4 1,290.5 1,180.5 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ..... : 309.8 588.6 559.0 Super Galena TM ...... : 129.2 (D) 209.4 Willamette ...................: (D) 216.2 (D) Zeus .........................: 1,601.1 2,924.1 4,134.9 Experimental .................: 9.0 15.9 (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,951.6 1,134.2 2,124.9 : Total ........................: 9,297.7 14,067.3 16,242.8 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 1,934.5 1,777.0 1,726.9 Centennial ...................: 893.2 1,004.4 891.3 Chinook ......................: 179.2 206.7 215.9 Citra R, HBC 394 ..... : 684.7 1,129.9 1,104.0 Crystal ......................: 937.2 721.2 643.9 Fuggle .......................: 143.9 107.6 61.0 Golding ......................: (D) 253.9 140.4 Magnum .......................: 225.5 80.6 134.8 Mosiac R, HBC 369 .... : (D) 631.9 (D) : Mt. Hood .....................: 473.9 457.6 438.8 Nugget .......................: 2,810.9 2,669.9 2,543.4 Perle ........................: (D) 88.5 84.2 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ..... : 649.9 655.1 692.4 Sterling .....................: 370.8 319.4 336.2 Super Galena TM ...... : (D) 140.4 186.1 Tettnanger ...................: 145.6 72.9 73.9 Willamette ...................: 1,310.0 1,181.0 1,359.5 Experimental .................: (D) (D) (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,636.0 972.4 2,303.5 : Total ........................: 12,395.3 12,470.4 12,936.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Washington : Ahtanum TM, YCR 1 ............ : 155 371 255 1,012 1,052 2,730 Amarillo R, VGXP01 ........... : (D) 1,984 1,895 (D) 1,687 1,868 Apollo TM .................... : 735 684 795 2,225 2,729 2,848 Azacca TM, ADHA-483 .......... : 506 578 546 1,870 2,463 2,491 Bravo TM ..................... : 573 486 280 2,671 2,973 3,258 Cascade ................................: 5,582 4,966 4,274 1,727 2,124 1,972 Cashmere ...............................: (D) (D) 195 (D) (D) 1,519 Centennial .............................: 4,359 4,375 3,875 1,356 1,703 1,364 Chinook ................................: 1,415 1,632 1,734 1,420 1,784 1,875 : Citra R, HBC 394 ............. : 3,264 3,715 4,837 1,543 1,748 1,611 Cluster ................................: 623 621 610 1,700 1,937 1,813 C/T/Z R ..................... : 1,416 1,659 2,034 1,969 2,646 2,482 Comet ..................................: 163 205 218 949 1,855 1,750 Crystal ................................: 191 122 114 1,475 2,063 2,357 Ekuanot TM, HBC 366 .......... : (D) 890 865 (D) 2,740 2,583 El Dorado R .................. : 396 463 418 1,904 1,946 1,880 Eureka TM .................... : (D) 362 409 (D) 2,244 2,954 Galena .................................: 262 378 390 1,692 2,134 2,149 Glacier ................................: 145 (D) (D) 1,168 (D) (D) : Jarrylo TM, ADHA-881 ......... : 131 (D) (D) 1,408 (D) (D) Loral TM, HBC 291 ............ : (D) 186 172 (D) 2,295 2,349 Mosaic R, HBC 369 ............ : 2,029 1,877 1,932 2,327 2,439 2,351 Mt. Hood ...............................: 88 87 104 1,075 1,043 1,454 Mt. Rainier ............................: (D) (D) 306 (D) (D) 1,899 Nugget .................................: 186 125 126 1,774 1,950 1,498 Pahto TM, HBC 682 ............ : (D) (D) 1,721 (D) (D) 2,087 Palisade R, YCR 4 ............ : 580 571 515 2,228 2,209 2,441 Pekko TM, ADHA-871 ........... : (D) (D) 92 (D) (D) 1,889 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ............. : 3,769 3,753 3,103 1,673 1,792 1,642 : Sorachi Ace ............................: (D) (D) 146 (D) (D) 1,042 Summit TM .................... : 1,769 1,617 1,574 1,648 2,067 1,826 Super Galena TM .............. : 310 435 500 2,501 2,647 3,133 Tahoma .................................: (D) 217 209 (D) 1,752 2,147 Tettnanger .............................: (D) 38 (D) (D) 1,202 (D) Willamette .............................: 728 571 376 1,277 1,446 1,348 Zeus ...................................: 2,502 2,214 2,592 2,469 3,088 2,619 Experimental ...........................: 567 421 374 1,592 1,901 1,889 : Other varieties 1/ .....................: 5,000 3,045 1,584 1,662 1,746 1,896 : Total ..................................:37,444 38,648 39,170 1,748 2,046 1,984 : United States 2/ .................... :50,857 53,989 55,035 1,713 1,956 1,943 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Washington : Ahtanum TM, YCR 1 .. : 156.9 390.3 696.2 Amarillo R, VGXP01 . : (D) 3,347.0 3,539.9 Apollo TM .......... : 1,635.6 1,866.6 2,264.2 Azacca TM, ADHA-483 : 946.4 1,423.6 1,360.1 Bravo TM ........... : 1,530.5 1,444.9 912.2 Cascade ......................: 9,638.8 10,547.8 8,428.3 Cashmere .....................: (D) (D) 296.2 Centennial ...................: 5,908.6 7,450.6 5,285.5 Chinook ......................: 2,008.9 2,911.5 3,251.3 : Citra R, HBC 394 ... : 5,035.0 6,493.8 7,792.4 Cluster ......................: 1,058.8 1,202.9 1,105.9 C/T/Z R ........... : 2,787.9 4,389.7 5,048.4 Comet ........................: 154.7 380.3 381.5 Crystal ......................: 281.7 251.7 268.7 Ekuanot TM, HBC 366 : (D) 2,438.6 2,234.3 El Dorado R ........ : 754.0 901.0 785.8 Eureka TM .......... : (D) 812.3 1,208.2 Galena .......................: 443.3 806.7 838.1 Glacier ......................: 169.3 (D) (D) : Jarrylo TM, ADHA-881 : 184.4 (D) (D) Loral TM, HBC 291 .. : (D) 426.9 404.0 Mosaic R, HBC 369 .. : 4,720.4 4,578.0 4,542.1 Mt. Hood .....................: 94.6 90.7 151.2 Mt. Rainier ..................: (D) (D) 581.1 Nugget .......................: 330.0 243.8 188.7 Pahto TM, HBC 682 .. : (D) (D) 3,591.7 Palisade R, YCR 4 .. : 1,292.5 1,261.3 1,257.1 Pekko TM, ADHA-871 . : (D) (D) 173.8 Simcoe R, YCR 14 ... : 6,305.1 6,725.4 5,095.1 : Sorachi Ace ..................: (D) (D) 152.1 Summit TM .......... : 2,914.5 3,342.3 2,874.1 Super Galena TM .... : 775.3 1,151.4 1,566.5 Tahoma .......................: (D) 380.2 448.7 Tettnanger ...................: (D) 45.7 (D) Willamette ...................: 929.3 825.7 506.8 Zeus .........................: 6,178.5 6,836.8 6,788.4 Experimental .................: 902.7 800.3 706.5 : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 8,308.9 5,316.0 3,002.6 : Total ........................: 65,446.6 79,083.8 77,727.7 : United States 2/ .......... : 87,139.6 105,621.5 106,906.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and varieties not listed. 2/ Includes 430 acres of organic hops for 2018 with yield equal to 1,119 pounds per acre and production at 481,200 pounds. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Grower surveys are conducted in the three estimating States to collect acreage, yield, and production data from growers. Additionally, contacts are made with each of the three Hop Commissions. Estimating Procedures: Information obtained from the hops growers surveys are used to establish estimates of hops. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates and industry check data. Revision Policy: All hop estimates are subject to revision the following year based on a thorough review of all available data. 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