PRESS RELEASE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE United s Department of Agriculture Washington, DC 20250 Northwest Regional Field Office Olympia, WA 98507 Ag Statistics Hotline: 1-800-727-9540 www.nass.usda.gov 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: 1-800-435-5883 Email: 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 2013. 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: 2011-2013 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 5,454.1 4,227.6 5,876.0 2.93 2.69 2.64 15,981 11,372 15,513 Oregon 4,202 4,470 4,786 1,908 1,885 1,786 8,019.4 8,425.3 8,549.1 3.79 3.91 3.68 30,394 32,943 31,461 Washington 23,320 25,040 27,062 2,200 1,941 2,029 51,308.1 48,596.3 54,918.8 3.06 3.10 3.68 157,003 150,649 202,101 United s 29,787 31,933 35,224 2,175 1,918 64,781.6 61,249.2 69,343.9 3.14 3.18 3.59 203,378 194,964 249,075 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office
Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: 2011-2013 Idaho 1 Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Citra TM... Area harvested Yield per acre 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 314 130 628 57 19 2,054 2,635 1,224 1,004 1,011 Chinook... El Dorado R... Super Galena R... Zeus... Experimental... 324 14 278 548 5 1,801 971 2,287 3,049 2,800 Other varieties 2... 1,059 1,063 Total... 2,265 2,423 3,376 2,408 1,745 1,741 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Fuggles... Golding... Liberty... 263 108 346 208 83 423 249 91 194 1,616 1,326 1,802 1,779 1,527 1,483 1,585 827 1,148 Magnum... Mt. Hood... Nugget... Perle... Sterling... 64 214 1,438 98 86 58 226 1,619 104 221 1,667 55 122 1,928 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... 241 70 779 175 61 905 155 553 35 2,263 1,634 1,716 2,763 1,493 1,663 2,557 1,491 1,734 Other varieties 2... 841 789 917 1,511 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
Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: 2011-2013 (continued) Washington Ahtanum... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Area harvested Yield per acre 2011 2012 2013 2011 2012 2013 (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 885 593 2,108 641 176 874 528 2,693 1,478 211 685 466 4,237 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... 572 239 482 2,947 1,215 538 546 2,523 154 1,415 1,296 802 2,336 214 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... 1,415 44 954 56 82 440 98 105 382 1,821 2,182 1,742 1,461 1,761 1,258 1,010 1,709 Millennium... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... Nugget... Simcoe... 403 95 159 861 495 397 120 120 875 940 420 168 170 395 1,298 2,562 838 1,698 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... 990 894 959 76 59 692 2,844 779 95 76 522 3,041 1,510 2,645 1,003 1,280 1,359 1,873 2,812 755 1,349 1,240 YCR-4 (Palisade R )... YCR-5 (Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental... 308 260 4,159 264 195 3,253 132 180 3,277 258 2,562 2,061 2,572 2,356 1,968 2,390 2,790 2,169 2,940 1,562 Other varieties 2... 4,770 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
Hop Production by Variety s United s: 2011-2013 Idaho 1 Apollo... Bravo... Cascade... Centennial... Citra... Production 2011 2012 2013 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 644.8 342.5 768.9 57.2 19.2 Chinook... El Dorado... Super Galena... Zeus... Experimental... 583.4 13.6 635.7 1,670.8 14.0 Other varieties 2... 1,125.9 Total... 5,454.1 4,227.6 5,876.0 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Fuggles... Golding... Liberty... 425.0 143.2 623.5 370.0 126.7 627.1 394.6 75.3 222.7 Magnum... Mt. Hood... Nugget... Perle... Sterling... 123.4 404.5 3,332.1 164.7 146.1 392.6 3,353.5 159.0 146.2 346.2 3,422.0 64.8 197.8 Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Willamette... Experimental... 545.5 114.4 1,337.0 483.6 91.1 1,504.7 396.4 824.7 60.7 Other varieties 2... 1,270.6 1,333.5 1,770.6 Total... See footnote(s) at end of table. 8,019.4 8,425.3 8,549.1 4 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office
Hop Production by Variety s United s: 2011-2013 (continued) Washington Ahtanum... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Production 2011 2012 2013 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 2,440.4 1,547.2 4,121.3 899.4 262.0 2,320.6 1,397.4 4,993.0 2,001.0 347.5 2,050.0 1,433.6 7,300.0 2,905.2 Chinook... Citra TM... Cluster... Columbus... Crystal... 982.8 433.1 973.3 7,422.4 2,064.2 721.9 1,073.0 5,751.7 182.3 2,812.3 1,820.3 1,562.0 6,006.1 275.3 El Dorado... Galena... Glacier... Golding... Mosaic... 2,576.2 96.0 1,662.0 81.8 144.4 866.3 123.3 106.0 652.8 Millennium... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... Nugget... Simcoe... 1,032.4 79.6 270.0 1,695.1 880.8 800.8 151.7 173.1 1,468.7 1,578.0 951.6 195.0 213.5 762.8 2,183.4 Summit... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Vanguard... Willamette... 3,010.6 1,350.0 2,536.4 76.2 75.5 940.4 5,326.6 2,190.3 71.7 102.5 647.1 YCR-4 (Palisade R )... YCR-5 (Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental... 789.1 535.9 10,695.9 622.1 383.8 7,775.9 368.3 390.4 9,635.7 402.9 Other varieties 2... 9,476.6 9,502.8 3,071.9 Total... 51,308.1 48,596.3 54,918.8 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. 61,249.2 69,343.9 USDA, NASS - Northwest Regional Field Office 5
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