Hop Stocks ISSN: 1949-1484 Released September 18, 2026, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). September 1 Hop Stocks Down 9 Percent from a Year Ago The inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on September 1, 2026 totaled 105 million pounds, down 9 percent from September 1, 2025 stocks inventory of 116 million pounds. Stocks held at dealer and grower locations on September 1, 2026 totaled 86.0 million pounds. Stocks held by brewers totaled 19.0 million pounds. Hops: Stocks Held by Growers, Dealers, and Brewers, United States, 2024-2026 [Includes equivalent pounds of dry bale hops held in extract or pellet form] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : September 1 : March 1 Stocks :----------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2026 : 2024 : 2025 : 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 pounds : Stocks held by: : : Dealers/growers ..: 113,000 95,000 86,000 161,000 146,000 127,000 Brewers ..........: 23,000 21,000 19,000 23,000 23,000 20,000 : Total stocks .....: 136,000 116,000 105,000 184,000 169,000 147,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistical Methodology Survey procedures: Grower surveys are conducted in the three estimating States (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) to collect stocks of hops held by all known growers. All known hop dealers across the United States are contacted to collect stocks held. Additionally, contacts are made to collect stocks held by the largest brewers in the United States. Telephone and email follow- up of survey non-respondents is used to ensure adequate response and coverage. Estimating procedures: Information obtained from the hop stocks grower, dealer, and brewers surveys are used to establish estimates of hop stocks. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates. Revision policy: Hop stocks are subject to revision the following estimating period and again in the following year's Hop Stocks report. Revisions can be made when late reports are received, errors are detected in reporting and calculations, or production estimates are revised. No revisions to these years will be made after that date. Reliability: Hop stocks surveys are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omission, duplication, imputation for missing data, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors cannot be measured directly, but are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service - Estimation Branch Contacts For more information about specific data items, please contact the Estimation Branch staff members below. You can also email inquiries to nass@usda.gov. Anthony Prillaman, Associate Deputy Administrator................................................................ ............................................................................. ............................................................................. .................................................... 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