National Hop Report ISSN: 2158-7825 Released December 16, 2016, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2016 Hop Production Up 11 Percent From Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2016 totaled 87.1 million pounds, up 11 percent from the 2015 crop of 78.8 million pounds. Production increased in all three States; 16 percent in Oregon, 10 percent in Washington, and 7 percent in Idaho. Combined area harvested for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2016 totaled 50,857 acres, up 17 percent from the 2015 level of 43,633 acres. Acreage increased in all three States; 17 percent in Oregon, 16 percent in Washington, and 16 percent in Idaho. United States hop yield, at 1,713 pounds per acre, decreased 94 pounds from a year ago. Washington growers produced 75 percent of the United States hop crop for 2016. Cascade, Simcoe, Zeus, Centennial, Citra, and Mosaic were the six leading varieties in Washington, accounting for about 58 percent of the State's hop crop. In Oregon, Nugget, Cascade, and Willamette were the major varieties, accounting for 49 percent of the State's hop production. In Idaho, Zeus, Cascade, and Mosaic were the major varieties, accounting for 42 percent of the State's hop production. The 2016 value of production of the United States hop crop totaled $498 million, up 44 percent from the record 2015 value of $345 million. The increased value can be attributed to the higher hop acreage and production, and the continued trend to shift hop production from Alpha varieties to Aroma varieties that are higher in value. This shift occurred in all three States and resulted in a higher average price per pound in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and United States: 2014-2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 2014 .........: 3,743 1,847 6,913.8 2.72 18,806 2015 .........: 4,863 1,794 8,724.9 3.53 30,799 2016 .........: 5,648 1,646 9,297.7 5.50 51,137 : Oregon : 2014 .........: 5,410 1,520 8,221.0 4.07 33,459 2015 .........: 6,612 1,613 10,667.8 3.24 34,564 2016 .........: 7,765 1,596 12,395.3 5.25 65,075 : Washington : 2014 .........: 28,858 1,936 55,861.1 3.73 208,362 2015 .........: 32,158 1,849 59,453.3 4.71 280,025 2016 .........: 37,444 1,748 65,446.6 5.84 382,208 : United States : 2014 .........: 38,011 1,868 70,995.9 3.67 260,627 2015 .........: 43,633 1,807 78,846.0 4.38 345,388 2016 .........: 50,857 1,713 87,139.6 5.72 498,420 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2014-2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Idaho : Apollo R ............. : 285 286 235 2,004 2,062 1,893 Bravo R .............. : 126 166 151 2,579 2,625 2,359 Calypso ......................: - 81 81 - 1,710 1,937 Cascade ......................: 821 770 788 1,746 1,633 1,585 Centennial ...................: 74 (D) (D) 754 (D) (D) Chinhook .....................: 344 358 418 1,673 1,850 1,712 Citra TM ............. : 91 412 576 1,200 1,271 1,213 Crystal ......................: 29 (D) 123 2,186 (D) 1,678 El Dorado R .......... : 63 205 227 1,144 1,125 1,658 : Mosaic TM ............ : - 272 496 - 2,278 2,204 Simcoe R ............. : 67 199 232 969 1,576 1,335 Super Galena R ....... : 161 92 69 2,165 2,189 1,872 Zeus .........................: 662 661 580 2,891 2,909 2,761 Experimental .................: 41 72 9 1,366 1,269 1,000 : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 979 1,289 1,663 1,354 1,348 1,174 : Total ........................: 3,743 4,863 5,648 1,847 1,794 1,646 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 961 1,085 1,211 1,402 1,994 1,597 Centennial ...................: 443 631 723 1,095 1,352 1,235 Chinook ......................: - 129 107 - 1,860 1,675 Citra TM ............. : - 246 654 - 980 1,047 Crystal ......................: - 377 423 - 2,011 2,216 Fuggle .......................: (D) 85 141 (D) 1,066 1,021 Golding ......................: 234 238 (D) 955 837 (D) Liberty ......................: (D) 210 (D) (D) 1,360 (D) Magnum .......................: 176 199 151 1,077 1,572 1,493 : Mt. Hood .....................: 269 288 324 1,450 1,276 1,463 Nugget .......................: 1,363 1,484 1,460 1,978 1,888 1,925 Perle ........................: 100 (D) (D) 1,057 (D) (D) Simcoe R ............. : - 191 330 - 1,678 1,969 Sterling .....................: 130 209 228 1,423 1,344 1,626 Super Galena R ....... : 125 82 (D) 2,309 2,340 (D) Tettnanger ...................: (D) 133 122 (D) 1,242 1,193 Willamette ...................: 564 661 833 1,453 1,226 1,573 Experimental .................: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,045 364 1,058 1,426 1,609 1,546 : Total ........................: 5,410 6,612 7,765 1,520 1,613 1,596 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2014-2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Idaho : Apollo R ............. : 571.1 589.6 444.9 Bravo R .............. : 324.9 435.7 356.2 Calypso ......................: - 138.5 156.9 Cascade ......................: 1,433.1 1,257.8 1,248.9 Centennial ...................: 55.8 (D) (D) Chinook ......................: 575.4 662.2 715.5 Citra TM ............. : 109.2 523.7 698.5 Crystal ......................: 63.4 (D) 206.4 El Dorado R .......... : 72.1 230.6 376.3 : Mosaic TM ............ : - 619.7 1,093.4 Simcoe R ............. : 64.9 313.6 309.8 Super Galena R ....... : 348.5 201.4 129.2 Zeus .........................: 1,913.9 1,922.8 1,601.1 Experimental .................: 56.0 91.4 9.0 : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,325.5 1,737.9 1,951.6 : Total ........................: 6,913.8 8,724.9 9,297.7 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 1,347.4 2,163.0 1,934.5 Centennial ...................: 485.2 853.3 893.2 Chinook ......................: - 240.0 179.2 Citra TM ............. : - 241.0 684.7 Crystal ......................: - 758.1 937.2 Fuggle .......................: (D) 90.6 143.9 Golding ......................: 223.5 199.3 (D) Liberty ......................: (D) 285.6 (D) Magnum .......................: 189.6 312.9 225.5 : Mt. Hood .....................: 390.0 367.6 473.9 Nugget .......................: 2,696.4 2,802.1 2,810.9 Perle ........................: 105.7 (D) (D) Simcoe R ............. : - 320.5 649.9 Sterling .....................: 185.0 280.8 370.8 Super Galena R ....... : 288.6 191.9 (D) Tettnanger ...................: (D) 165.2 145.6 Willamette ...................: 819.5 810.3 1,310.0 Experimental .................: (D) (D) (D) : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 1,490.1 585.6 1,636.0 : Total ........................: 8,221.0 10,667.8 12,395.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2014-2016 (continued) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :----------------------------------------------- variety : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Washington : ADHA-483 Azacca TM ............. : 79 175 506 1,704 1,872 1,870 ADHA-881 Jarrylo TM ............ : 75 122 131 1,548 1,541 1,408 Ahtanum TM ..................... : 194 145 155 1,680 1,557 1,012 Apollo R ....................... : 700 708 735 2,649 2,738 2,225 Bravo R ........................ : 584 569 573 2,768 2,824 2,671 Cascade ................................: 4,837 4,935 5,582 1,824 1,936 1,727 Centennial .............................: 2,836 3,770 4,359 1,347 1,145 1,355 Chinook ................................: 1,297 1,300 1,415 1,815 1,793 1,420 Citra TM ....................... : 1,670 2,335 3,264 1,570 1,541 1,543 : Cluster ................................: 728 666 623 1,825 1,705 1,700 Columbus/Tomahawk R ............ : 1,738 1,673 1,416 2,629 2,524 1,969 Comet ..................................: - 108 163 - 1,780 949 Crystal ................................: 181 131 191 1,366 1,183 1,475 El Dorado R .................... : 82 243 396 2,206 2,154 1,904 Galena .................................: 306 295 262 1,801 1,968 1,692 Glacier ................................: 126 155 145 1,202 996 1,168 Golding ................................: 94 53 (D) 772 854 (D) Magnum .................................: - 108 (D) - 1,255 (D) Millennium .............................: 113 (D) (D) 1,996 (D) (D) : Mosaic TM ...................... : 671 1,528 2,029 2,225 2,036 2,326 Mt. Hood ...............................: 150 130 88 1,333 1,069 1,075 Northern Brewer ........................: 131 123 (D) 1,244 991 (D) Nugget .................................: 265 202 186 1,583 1,927 1,774 Simcoe R ....................... : 1,819 2,916 3,769 1,542 1,540 1,673 Summit TM ...................... : 2,522 1,620 1,769 2,105 1,969 1,648 Super Galena R ................. : 606 351 310 2,562 2,729 2,501 Vanguard ...............................: 58 84 (D) 1,455 1,223 (D) Williamette ............................: 595 698 728 1,130 1,007 1,277 YCR-4 (Palisade R) ............. : 223 454 580 2,469 1,950 2,228 : YCR-5 (Warrior R) .............. : 192 (D) (D) 1,821 (D) (D) Zeus ...................................: 3,375 2,989 2,502 2,811 2,819 2,469 Experimental ...........................: 392 316 567 1,625 1,546 1,592 : Other varieties 1/ .....................: 2,219 3,256 5,000 1,418 1,603 1,662 : Total ..................................:28,858 32,158 37,444 1,936 1,849 1,748 : United States 2/ .................... :38,011 43,633 50,857 1,868 1,807 1,713 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hop Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Variety - States and United States: 2014-2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Washington : ADHA-483 AzaccaTM .... : 134.6 327.6 946.4 ADHA-881 JarryloTM ... : 116.1 188.0 184.4 Ahtanum TM ........... : 326.0 225.8 156.9 Apollo R ............. : 1,854.3 1,938.6 1,635.6 Bravo R .............. : 1,616.7 1,606.7 1,530.5 Cascade ......................: 8,821.0 9,553.3 9,638.8 Centennial ...................: 3,818.8 4,317.3 5,908.6 Chinook ......................: 2,354.3 2,331.1 2,008.9 Citra TM ............. : 2,622.5 3,597.2 5,035.0 : Cluster ......................: 1,328.6 1,135.7 1,058.8 Columbus/Tomahawk R .. : 4,569.2 4,223.4 2,787.9 Comet ........................: - 192.2 154.7 Crystal ......................: 247.2 155.0 281.7 El Dorado R .......... : 180.9 523.5 754.0 Galena .......................: 551.0 580.6 443.3 Glacier ......................: 151.5 154.4 169.3 Golding ......................: 72.6 45.3 (D) Magnum .......................: - 135.5 (D) Millennium ...................: 225.6 (D) (D) : Mosaic TM ............ : 1,493.2 3,111.6 4,720.4 Mt. Hood .....................: 199.9 139.0 94.6 Northern Brewer ..............: 163.0 121.9 (D) Nugget .......................: 419.5 389.2 330.0 Simcoe R ............. : 2,805.8 4,489.5 6,305.1 Summit TM ............ : 5,308.3 3,189.6 2,914.5 Super Galena R ....... : 1,552.4 957.8 775.3 Vanguard .....................: 84.4 102.7 (D) Willamette ...................: 672.5 703.1 929.3 YCR-4(Palisade R) .... : 550.6 885.2 1,292.5 : YCR-5(Warrior R) ..... : 349.7 (D) (D) Zeus .........................: 9,488.4 8,426.3 6,178.5 Experimental .................: 637.0 488.4 902.7 : Other varieties 1/ ...........: 3,145.5 5,217.8 8,308.9 : Total ........................: 55,861.1 59,453.3 65,446.6 : United States 2/ ......... : 70,995.9 78,846.0 87,139.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. (D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 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