National Hop Report ISSN: 2158-7825 Released December 17, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2014 Hop Production Up 3 Percent From Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2014 totaled 71.0 million pounds, up 3 percent from the 2013 crop of 69.2 million pounds. Production increased 18 percent in Idaho, decreased 4 percent in Oregon, and increased 2 percent in Washington. Acreage increased in all three States with a 12 percent gain in Oregon and Idaho, and a 6 percent increase in Washington. Yield decreased in Oregon and Washington, but increased in Idaho. The United States yield at 1,868 pounds per acre, decreased 94 pounds from a year ago. Washington growers produced 79 percent of the United States hop crop for 2014. Zeus, Cascade, Summit, and Columbus/Tomahawk were the leading varieties in Washington, accounting for 50 percent of the State's hop crop. In Oregon, Nugget and Cascade were the major varieties, accounting for 49 percent of the State's hop production. In Idaho, Zeus and Cascade were the major varieties, accounting for 48 percent of the State's hop production. The preliminary 2014 value of production of the United States hop crop is 272 million dollars, up 17 percent from the revised 2013 value of 232 million dollars. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and United States: 2012-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 2012 .........: 2,596 1,841 4,778.2 2.69 12,853 2013 .........: 3,356 1,740 5,837.9 2.62 15,295 2014 .........: 3,743 1,847 6,913.8 2.75 19,013 : Oregon : 2012 .........: 4,391 1,746 7,667.6 3.91 29,980 2013 .........: 4,835 1,764 8,530.5 3.76 32,075 2014 .........: 5,410 1,520 8,221.0 4.34 35,679 : Washington : 2012 .........: 22,696 2,047 46,465.6 3.10 144,043 2013 .........: 27,097 2,025 54,877.7 3.37 184,938 2014 .........: 28,858 1,936 55,861.1 3.89 217,300 : United States : 2012 .........: 29,683 1,985 58,911.4 3.17 186,876 2013 .........: 35,288 1,962 69,246.1 3.35 232,308 2014 .........: 38,011 1,868 70,995.9 3.83 271,992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hop Area Harvested and Yield by Variety - States and United States: 2012-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Idaho 1/ : Apollo R ............. : (D) 291 285 (D) 2,230 2,004 Bravo R .............. : (D) 136 126 (D) 2,430 2,579 Cascade ......................: (D) 628 821 (D) 1,224 1,746 Centennial ...................: (D) 57 74 (D) 1,004 754 Chinhook .....................: (D) 324 344 (D) 1,801 1,673 Citra TM ............. : (D) 19 91 (D) 1,011 1,200 : Crystal ......................: - - 29 - - 2,186 El Dorado R .......... : (D) 14 63 (D) 971 1,144 Simcoe .......................: - - 67 - - 969 Super Galena R ....... : (D) 275 161 (D) 2,201 2,165 Zeus .........................: (D) 548 662 (D) 3,049 2,891 Experimental .................: (D) 5 41 (D) 2,800 1,366 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: (D) 1,059 979 (D) 1,063 1,354 : Total ........................: 2,596 3,356 3,743 1,841 1,740 1,847 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 346 423 961 1,802 1,483 1,402 Centennial ...................: 208 249 443 1,779 1,585 1,095 Fuggle .......................: (D) 91 (D) (D) 827 (D) Golding ......................: (D) 194 234 (D) 1,148 955 Liberty ......................: 83 (D) (D) 1,527 (D) (D) Magnum .......................: 58 104 176 2,519 1,406 1,077 Mt. Hood .....................: 226 221 269 1,737 1,567 1,450 Nugget .......................: 1,570 1,667 1,363 1,897 2,053 1,978 Perle ........................: (D) 55 100 (D) 1,178 1,057 Sterling .....................: (D) 122 130 (D) 1,621 1,423 : Super Galena R ....... : 175 204 125 2,763 1,852 2,309 Tettnanger ...................: 61 (D) (D) 1,493 (D) (D) Willamette ...................: 905 553 564 1,663 1,491 1,453 Experimental .................: (D) 35 (D) (D) 1,734 (D) : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 759 917 1,045 1,253 1,931 1,426 : Total ........................: 4,391 4,835 5,410 1,746 1,764 1,520 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested and Yield by Variety - States and United States: 2012-2014 (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Washington : ADHA-483 Azacca TM ............. : - - 79 - - 1,704 ADHA-881 Jarrylo TM ............ : - - 75 - - 1,548 Ahtanum TM ..................... : 176 211 194 1,489 1,647 1,680 Apollo R ....................... : 874 701 700 2,655 2,926 2,649 Bravo R ........................ : 528 493 584 2,647 2,860 2,768 Cascade ................................: 2,380 4,237 4,837 1,972 1,723 1,824 Centennial .............................: 1,478 1,869 2,836 1,354 1,554 1,347 Chinook ................................: 1,215 1,415 1,297 1,699 1,987 1,815 Citra TM ....................... : 538 1,296 1,670 1,342 1,405 1,570 Cluster ................................: 546 802 728 1,965 1,948 1,825 : Columbus/Tomahawk R ............ : 2,223 2,336 1,738 2,452 2,571 2,629 Crystal ................................: 154 214 181 1,184 1,286 1,366 El Dorado R .................... : (D) 82 82 (D) 1,761 2,206 Galena .................................: 954 440 306 1,742 1,969 1,801 Glacier ................................: 56 98 126 1,461 1,258 1,202 Golding ................................: (D) 105 94 (D) 1,010 772 Millennium .............................: 397 420 113 2,017 2,266 1,996 Mosaic TM ...................... : (D) 382 671 (D) 1,709 2,225 Mt. Hood ...............................: 120 168 150 1,264 1,161 1,333 Northern Brewer ........................: 120 170 131 1,443 1,256 1,244 : Nugget .................................: 875 395 265 1,679 1,931 1,583 Simcoe R ....................... : 940 1,298 1,819 1,679 1,682 1,542 Summit TM ...................... : (D) 2,844 2,522 (D) 1,873 2,105 Super Galena R ................. : 959 771 606 2,645 2,816 2,562 Tettnanger .............................: 76 95 (D) 1,003 755 (D) Vanguard ...............................: 59 76 58 1,280 1,349 1,455 Williamette ............................: 692 522 595 1,359 1,240 1,130 YCR-4 (Palisade R) ............. : 264 132 223 2,356 2,790 2,469 YCR-5 (Warrior R) .............. : 195 180 192 1,968 2,169 1,821 Zeus ...................................: 2,953 3,277 3,375 2,565 2,940 2,811 Experimental ...........................: (D) 258 392 (D) 1,562 1,625 : Other varieties 2/ .....................: 3,924 1,810 2,219 1,993 1,697 1,418 : Total ..................................:22,696 27,097 28,858 2,047 2,025 1,936 : United States ....................... :29,683 35,288 38,011 1,985 1,962 1,868 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1/ Prior to 2013, only State totals published for Idaho to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and varieties not listed. Hop Production by Variety - States and United States: 2012-2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Idaho 1/ : Apollo R ............. : (D) 649.0 571.1 Bravo R .............. : (D) 330.5 324.9 Cascade ......................: (D) 768.9 1,433.1 Centennial ...................: (D) 57.2 55.8 Chinook ......................: (D) 583.4 575.4 Citra TM ............. : (D) 19.2 109.2 : Crystal ......................: - - 63.4 El Dorado R .......... : (D) 13.6 72.1 Simcoe .......................: - - 64.9 Super Galena R ....... : (D) 605.4 348.5 Zeus .........................: (D) 1,670.8 1,913.9 Experimental .................: (D) 14.0 56.0 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: (D) 1,125.9 1,325.5 : Total ........................: 4,778.2 5,837.9 6,913.8 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 623.5 627.1 1,347.4 Centennial ...................: 370.0 394.6 485.2 Fuggle .......................: (D) 75.3 (D) Golding ......................: (D) 222.7 223.5 Liberty ......................: 126.7 (D) (D) Magnum .......................: 146.1 146.2 189.6 Mt. Hood .....................: 392.6 346.2 390.0 Nugget .......................: 2,978.0 3,422.0 2,696.4 Perle ........................: (D) 64.8 105.7 Sterling .....................: (D) 197.8 185.0 : Super Galena R ....... : 483.6 377.8 288.6 Tettnanger ...................: 91.1 (D) (D) Willamette ...................: 1,504.7 824.7 819.5 Experimental .................: (D) 60.7 (D) : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 951.3 1,770.6 1,490.1 : Total ........................: 7,667.6 8,530.5 8,221.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Production by Variety - States and United States: 2012-2014 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2012 : 2013 : 2014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Washington : ADHA-483 AzaccaTM .... : - - 134.6 ADHA-881 JarryloTM ... : - - 116.1 Ahtanum TM ........... : 262.0 347.5 326.0 Apollo R ............. : 2,320.6 2,051.4 1,854.3 Bravo R .............. : 1,397.4 1,409.9 1,616.7 Cascade ......................: 4,693.0 7,300.0 8,821.0 Centennial ...................: 2,001.0 2,905.2 3,818.8 Chinook ......................: 2,064.2 2,812.3 2,354.3 Citra TM ............. : 721.9 1,820.3 2,622.5 Cluster ......................: 1,073.0 1,562.0 1,328.6 : Columbus/Tomahawk R .. : 5,451.7 6,006.1 4,569.2 Crystal ......................: 182.3 275.3 247.2 El Dorado R .......... : (D) 144.4 180.9 Galena .......................: 1,662.0 866.3 551.0 Glacier ......................: 81.8 123.3 151.5 Golding ......................: (D) 106.0 72.6 Millennium ...................: 800.8 951.6 225.6 Mosaic TM ............ : (D) 652.8 1,493.2 Mt. Hood .....................: 151.7 195.0 199.9 Northern Brewer ..............: 173.1 213.5 163.0 : Nugget .......................: 1,468.7 762.8 419.5 Simcoe R ............. : 1,578.0 2,183.4 2,805.8 Summit TM ............ : (D) 5,326.6 5,308.3 Super Galena R ....... : 2,536.4 2,171.5 1,552.4 Tettnanger ...................: 76.2 71.7 (D) Vanguard .....................: 75.5 102.5 84.4 Willamette ...................: 940.4 647.1 672.5 YCR-4(Palisade R) .... : 622.1 368.3 550.6 YCR-5(Warrior R) ..... : 383.8 390.4 349.7 Zeus .........................: 7,575.9 9,635.7 9,488.4 Experimental .................: (D) 402.9 637.0 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 8,172.1 3,071.9 3,145.5 : Total ........................: 46,465.6 54,877.7 55,861.1 : United States 3/ ......... : 58,911.4 69,246.1 70,995.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 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