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1 PRESS RELEASE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE United s Department of Agriculture Washington, DC Northwest Regional Field Office Olympia, WA Ag Statistics Hotline: Posted online December 23, 2013 Funding for this survey report was provided by the Hop Growers of America. Due to Federal sequestration budget cuts, Hop reports were suspended from the NASS survey program. Regional Contacts Phone: nassrfonwr@nass.usda.gov Washington Christopher Mertz, NW Regional Director Idaho Vince Matthews, Statistician Oregon Dave Losh, Statistician, Hop Statistician Alaska Sue Benz, Statistician 2013 Hop Production Up Thirteen percent from Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, Washington in 2013 totaled 69.3 million pounds, up thirteen percent from the 2012 crop of 61.2 million pounds, seven percent above the 2011 production of 64.8 million pounds. Production increased in all three s; 39 percent in Idaho, 13 percent in Washington, one percent in Oregon. Acreage also increased in all three s; 39 percent in Idaho, 8 percent in Washington, 7 percent in Oregon. Yields decreased in Idaho Oregon, but increased in Washington. United s yield at pounds per acre, increased 51 pounds from a year ago. Washington growers produced 79 percent of the U.S. hop crop for Zeus, Cascade, Columbus/Tomahawk, Summit were the leading varieties in Washington, accounting for 51 percent of the s hop crop. In Oregon, Nugget Willamette were the major varieties, accounting for 50 percent of the s hop production. In Idaho, Zeus, Cascade, Apollo were the major varieties, accounting for 52 percent of the s hop production. The preliminary 2013 value of production of the U.S. hop crop is $249 million, up 28 percent from the revised 2012 value of $195 million. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, Value s United s: year Idaho Area harvested Yield per acre Production Price per pound Value of production (acres) (pounds) (1,000 pounds) (dollars) (1,000 dollars) 2,265 2,423 3,376 2,408 1,745 1,741 5, , , ,981 11,372 15,513 Oregon 4,202 4,470 4,786 1,908 1,885 1,786 8, , , ,394 32,943 31,461 Washington 23,320 25,040 27,062 2,200 1,941 2,029 51, , , , , ,101 United s 29,787 31,933 35,224 2,175 1,918 64, , , , , ,075 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office

2 Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: Idaho 1 Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Citra TM... Area harvested Yield per acre (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) ,054 2,635 1,224 1,004 1,011 Chinook... El Dorado R... Super Galena R... Zeus... Experimental , ,287 3,049 2,800 Other varieties ,059 1,063 Total... 2,265 2,423 3,376 2,408 1,745 1,741 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Fuggles... Golding... Liberty ,616 1,326 1,802 1,779 1,527 1,483 1, ,148 Magnum... Mt. Hood... Nugget... Perle... Sterling , , , ,928 1,890 2,317 1,622 1,915 2,519 1,737 2,071 1,406 1,567 2,053 1,178 1,621 Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Willamette... Experimental ,263 1,634 1,716 2,763 1,493 1,663 2,557 1,491 1,734 Other varieties ,511 1,690 1,931 Total... See footnote(s) at end of table. 4,202 4,470 4,786 1,908 1,885 1,786 2 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office

3 Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: (continued) Washington Ahtanum... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Area harvested Yield per acre (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) , ,693 1, ,237 1,869 2,758 2,609 1,955 1,403 1,489 2,655 2,647 1,854 1,354 1,647 2,993 3,076 1,723 1,554 Chinook... Citra TM... Cluster... Columbus... Crystal ,947 1, , ,415 1, , ,718 1,812 2,019 2,519 1,699 1,342 1,965 2,280 1,184 1,987 1,405 1,948 2,571 1,286 El Dorado... Galena... Glacier... Golding... Mosaic... 1, ,821 2,182 1,742 1,461 1,761 1,258 1,010 1,709 Millennium... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... Nugget... Simcoe ,298 2, ,698 1,779 2,017 1,264 1,443 1,679 1,679 2,266 1,161 1,256 1,931 1,682 Summit... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Vanguard... Willamette , ,041 1,510 2,645 1,003 1,280 1,359 1,873 2, ,349 1,240 YCR-4 (Palisade R )... YCR-5 (Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental , , , ,562 2,061 2,572 2,356 1,968 2,390 2,790 2,169 2,940 1,562 Other varieties ,770 5,355 1,810 1,987 1,775 1,697 Total... 23,320 25,040 27,062 2,200 1,941 2,029 United s... 29,787 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered 31,933 35,224 2,175 1,918 TM Trademark 1 Prior to 2013, only totals published in Idaho to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2 Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations varieties not listed. USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office 3

4 Hop Production by Variety s United s: Idaho 1 Apollo... Bravo... Cascade... Centennial... Citra... Production (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) Chinook... El Dorado... Super Galena... Zeus... Experimental , Other varieties ,125.9 Total... 5, , ,876.0 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Fuggles... Golding... Liberty Magnum... Mt. Hood... Nugget... Perle... Sterling , , , Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Willamette... Experimental , , Other varieties , , ,770.6 Total... See footnote(s) at end of table. 8, , , USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office

5 Hop Production by Variety s United s: (continued) Washington Ahtanum... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Production (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 2, , , , , , , , , , ,905.2 Chinook... Citra TM... Cluster... Columbus... Crystal , , , , , , , , El Dorado... Galena... Glacier... Golding... Mosaic... 2, , Millennium... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... Nugget... Simcoe... 1, , , , ,183.4 Summit... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Vanguard... Willamette... 3, , , , , YCR-4 (Palisade R )... YCR-5 (Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental , , , Other varieties , , ,071.9 Total... 51, , ,918.8 United s... 64,781.6 Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1 Prior to 2013, only totals published in Idaho to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2 Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations varieties not listed. 61, ,343.9 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office 5

6 Access to NASS Reports For your convenience, you may access NASS reports products the following ways: All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web site Both national state specific reports are available via a free subscription. To set-up this free subscription, visit in the "Follow NASS" box under "Receive reports by ," click on "National" or "" to select the reports you would like to receive. For more information on NASS surveys reports, call the NASS Agricultural Statistics Hotline at (800) , 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or nass@nass.usda.gov.

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