National Hop Report ISSN: 21587825 Released December 17, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United s Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2015 Hop Production Up 11 Percent From Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, Washington in 2015 totaled 78.8 million pounds, up 11 percent from the 2014 crop of 71.0 million pounds. Production increased in all three s; 30 percent in Oregon, 26 percent in Idaho, 6 percent in Washington. Acreage increased in all three s; 22 percent in Oregon, 30 percent in Idaho, 11 percent in Washington. United s yield at 1,807 pounds per acre, decreased 61 pounds from a year ago. These are the highest acres harvested production on record in Idaho going back to 1944 the highest acres harvested on record in Washington going back to 1915. Washington growers produced 75 percent of the United s hop crop in 2015. Cascade, Zeus, Simcoe, Centennial, Columbus/Tomahawk, were the leading varieties in Washington, accounting for 52 percent of the s hop crop. In Oregon, Nugget Cascade were the major varieties, accounting for 47 percent of the s hop production. In Idaho, Zeus, Cascade, Chinook were the major varieties, accounting for 44 percent of the s hop production. The preliminary 2015 value of production of the United s hop crop is $345.4 million, up 33 percent from the revised 2014 value of $260.6 million. Record high prices received by growers at the United s Idaho Washington levels were realized in 2015. The increased value can be attributed to higher production hop production shifting from Alpha varieties to Aroma varieties that are higher in value. Increased dem from the craft brewing sector has also increased prices for hops. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, Value s United s: 20132015 year Idaho 2013... 2014... 2015... Area harvested Yield per acre Production Price per pound Value of production (acres) (pounds) (1,000 pounds) (dollars) (1,000 dollars) 3,356 3,743 4,863 1,740 1,847 1,794 5,837.9 6,913.8 8,724.9 2.62 2.72 3.53 15,295 18,806 30,799 Oregon 2013... 2014... 2015... 4,835 5,410 6,612 1,764 1,520 1,613 8,530.5 8,221.0 10,667.8 3.76 4.07 3.24 32,075 33,459 34,564 Washington 2013... 2014... 2015... 27,097 28,858 32,158 2,025 1,936 1,849 54,877.7 55,861.1 59,453.3 3.37 3.73 4.71 184,938 208,362 280,025 United s 2013... 2014... 2015... 35,288 38,011 43,633 1,962 1,868 1,807 69,246.1 70,995.9 78,846.0 3.35 3.67 4.38 232,308 260,627 345,388
Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: 20132015 variety Idaho Apollo R... Bravo R... Calypso... Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Area harvested Yield per acre 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 291 136 628 57 324 19 285 126 821 74 344 91 286 166 81 770 358 412 2,230 2,430 1,224 1,004 1,801 1,011 2,004 2,579 1,746 754 1,673 1,200 2,062 2,625 1,710 1,633 1,850 1,271 Crystal... El Dorado R... Mosaic TM... Simcoe R... Super Galena R... Zeus... Experimental... 14 275 548 5 29 63 67 161 662 41 205 272 199 92 661 72 971 2,201 3,049 2,800 2,186 1,144 969 2,165 2,891 1,366 1,125 2,278 1,576 2,189 2,909 1,269 Other varieties 1... 1,059 979 1,289 1,063 1,354 1,348 Total... 3,356 3,743 4,863 1,740 1,847 1,794 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Crystal... Fuggle... Golding... Liberty... Magnum... Mt. Hood... 423 249 91 194 104 221 961 443 234 176 269 1,085 631 129 246 377 85 238 210 199 288 1,483 1,585 827 1,148 1,406 1,567 1,402 1,095 955 1,077 1,450 1,994 1,352 1,861 980 2,011 1,066 837 1,360 1,572 1,276 Nugget... Perle... Simcoe R... Sterling... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Willamette... Experimental... 1,667 55 122 204 553 35 1,363 100 130 125 564 1,484 191 209 82 133 661 2,053 1,178 1,621 1,852 1,491 1,734 1,978 1,057 1,423 2,309 1,453 1,888 1,678 1,344 2,340 1,242 1,226 Other varieties 1... 917 1,045 364 1,931 1,426 1,609 Total... See footnote(s) at end of table. 4,835 5,410 6,612 1,764 1,520 1,613 continued 2 National Hop Report (December 2015)
Hop Area Harvested Yield by Variety s United s: 20132015 (continued) variety Washington ADHA483 Azacca TM... ADHA881 Jarrylo TM... Ahtanum TM... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Cluster... Area harvested Yield per acre 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 (acres) (acres) (acres) (pounds) (pounds) (pounds) 211 701 493 4,237 1,869 1,415 1,296 802 79 75 194 700 584 4,837 2,836 1,297 1,670 728 175 122 145 708 569 4,935 3,770 1,300 2,335 666 1,647 2,926 2,860 1,723 1,554 1,987 1,405 1,948 1,704 1,548 1,680 2,649 2,768 1,824 1,347 1,815 1,570 1,825 1,872 1,541 1,557 2,738 2,824 1,936 1,145 1,793 1,541 1,705 Columbus/Tomahawk R... Comet... Crystal... El Dorado R... Galena... Glacier... Golding... Magnum... Millennium... Mosaic TM... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... 2,336 214 82 440 98 105 420 382 168 170 1,738 181 82 306 126 94 113 671 150 131 1,673 108 131 243 295 155 53 108 1,528 130 123 2,571 1,286 1,761 1,969 1,258 1,010 2,266 1,709 1,161 1,256 2,629 1,366 2,206 1,801 1,202 772 1,996 2,225 1,333 1,244 2,524 1,780 1,183 2,155 1,968 996 854 1,255 2,036 1,069 991 Nugget... Simcoe R... Summit TM... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Vanguard... Williamette... YCR4 (Palisade R )... YCR5 (Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental... 395 1,298 2,844 771 95 76 522 132 180 3,277 258 265 1,819 2,522 606 58 595 223 192 3,375 392 202 2,916 1,620 351 84 698 454 2,989 316 1,931 1,682 1,873 2,816 755 1,349 1,240 2,790 2,169 2,940 1,562 1,583 1,542 2,105 2,562 1,455 1,130 2,469 1,821 2,811 1,625 1,927 1,540 1,969 2,729 1,223 1,007 1,950 2,819 1,545 Other varieties 1... 1,810 2,219 3,256 1,697 1,418 1,603 Total... 27,097 28,858 32,158 2,025 1,936 1,849 United s... 35,288 38,011 Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1 Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations varieties not listed. 43,633 1,962 1,868 1,807 National Hop Report (December 2015) 3
Hop Production by Variety s United s: 20132015 variety Idaho Apollo R... Bravo R... Calypso... Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Production 2013 2014 2015 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 649.0 330.5 768.9 57.2 583.4 19.2 571.1 324.9 1,433.1 55.8 575.4 109.2 589.6 435.7 138.5 1,257.8 662.2 523.7 Crystal... El Dorado R... Mosaic TM... Simcoe R... Super Galena R... Zeus... Experimental... 13.6 605.4 1,670.8 14.0 63.4 72.1 64.9 348.5 1,913.9 56.0 230.6 619.7 313.6 201.4 1,922.8 91.4 Other varieties 1... 1,125.9 1,325.5 1,737.9 Total... 5,837.9 6,913.8 8,724.9 Oregon Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Crystal... Fuggle... Golding... Liberty... Magnum... Mt. Hood... 627.1 394.6 75.3 222.7 146.2 346.2 1,347.4 485.2 223.5 189.6 390.0 2,163.0 853.3 240.0 241.0 758.1 90.6 199.3 285.6 312.9 367.6 Nugget... Perle... Simco R... Sterling... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Willamette... Experimental... 3,422.0 64.8 197.8 377.8 824.7 60.7 2,696.4 105.7 185.0 288.6 819.5 2,802.1 320.5 280.8 191.9 165.2 810.3 Other varieties 1... 1,770.6 1,490.1 585.6 Total... See footnote(s) at end of table. 8,530.5 8,221.0 10,667.8 continued 4 National Hop Report (December 2015)
Hop Production by Variety s United s: 20132015 (continued) variety Washington ADHA483 Azacca TM... ADHA881 Jarrylo TM... Ahtanum TM... Apollo R... Bravo R... Cascade... Centennial... Chinook... Citra TM... Cluster... Production 2013 2014 2015 (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) (1,000 pounds) 347.5 2,051.4 1,409.9 7,300.0 2,905.2 2,812.3 1,820.3 1,562.0 134.6 116.1 326.0 1,854.3 1,616.7 8,821.0 3,818.8 2,354.3 2,622.5 1,328.6 327.6 188.0 225.8 1,938.6 1,606.7 9,553.3 4,317.3 2,331.1 3,597.2 1,135.7 Columbus/Tomahawk R... Comet... Crystal... El Dorado R... Galena... Glacier... Golding... Magnum... Millennium... Mosaic TM... Mt. Hood... Northern Brewer... 6,006.1 275.3 144.4 866.3 123.3 106.0 951.6 652.8 195.0 213.5 4,569.2 247.2 180.9 551.0 151.5 72.6 225.6 1,493.2 199.9 163.0 4,223.4 192.2 155.0 523.5 580.6 154.4 45.3 135.5 3,111.6 139.0 121.9 Nugget... Simcoe R... Summit TM... Super Galena R... Tettnanger... Vanguard... Willamette... YCR4(Palisade R )... YCR5(Warrior R )... Zeus... Experimental... 762.8 2,183.4 5,326.6 2,171.5 71.7 102.5 647.1 368.3 390.4 9,635.7 402.9 419.5 2,805.8 5,308.3 1,552.4 84.4 672.5 550.6 349.7 9,488.4 637.0 389.2 4,489.5 3,189.6 957.8 102.7 703.1 885.2 8,426.3 488.4 Other varieties 1... 3,071.9 3,145.5 5,217.8 Total... 54,877.7 55,861.1 59,453.3 United s 2... 69,246.1 70,995.9 Represents zero. Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1 Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations varieties not listed. 2 Includes 329 acres of organics for 2015 with yield equal to 1,719 pounds per acre production at 565,400 pounds. 78,846.0 National Hop Report (December 2015) 5
Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Grower surveys are conducted in the three estimating s to collect acreage, yield, production data from growers. Additionally, contacts are made with each of the three Hop Commissions. Estimating Procedures: Information obtained from the hops growers surveys are used to establish estimates of hops. These estimates are reviewed for errors, reasonableness, consistency with historical estimates industry check data. Revision Policy: All hop estimates are subject to revision the following year based on a thorough review of all available data. Reliability: Survey results are subject to nonsampling errors such as omission, duplication, imputation for missing data, mistakes in reporting, recording, processing the data. These errors cannot be measured directly, but are minimized through rigid quality controls in the data collection process a careful review of all reported data for consistency reasonableness. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. Email inquiries may be sent to nass@nass.usda.gov Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch... (202) 7202127 Jorge GarciaPratts, Head, Fruits, Vegetables Special Crops Section... (202) 7202127 Vincent Davis Fresh Processing Vegetables, Onions, Strawberries, Sugarbeets, Sugarcane, Cherries... (202) 7202157 Fleming Gibson Citrus, Coffee, Tropical Fruits... (202) 7205412 Greg Lemmons Berries, Cranberries, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes... (202) 7204285 Dave Losh Hops... (360) 7092400 Dan Norris Austrian Winter Peas, Dry Edible Peas, Lentils, Mint, Mushrooms, Peaches, Pears, Wrinkled Seed Peas, Dry Beans... (202) 7203250 Daphne Schauber Floriculture, Grapes, Maple Syrup, Nursery, Tree Nuts... (202) 7204215 Chris Singh Apples, Apricots, Plums, Prunes, Tobacco... (202) 7204288 6 National Hop Report (December 2015)
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