National Hop Report ISSN: 2158-7825 Released December 21, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 2011 Hop Production Down One Percent From Last Year Production for Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in 2011 totaled 64.8 million pounds, down 1 percent from the 2010 crop of 65.5 million pounds. Idaho's production increased 10 percent in 2011. Production in Washington and Oregon decreased 2 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Acreage decreased in all three States; 4 percent in Washington, 9 percent in Oregon, and 3 percent in Idaho. However, yields increased in each State. United States yield, at 2,175 pounds per acre, increased 82 pounds from a year ago. Washington growers produced 79 percent of the United States hop crop in 2011. Zeus, Columbus/Tomahawk, Cascade, and Super Galena were the leading varieties in Washington, accounting for 49 percent of the State's hop production. In Oregon, Nugget and Willamette were the major varieties, accounting for 58 percent of the State's hop production. Hop Area Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and United States: 2009-2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 : 2009 .........: 4,030 1,943 7,829.1 3.75 29,359 2010 .........: 2,331 2,129 4,962.6 3.89 19,305 2011 .........: 2,265 2,408 5,454.1 2.72 14,835 : Oregon : 2009 .........: 6,108 1,948 11,896.7 3.63 43,185 2010 .........: 4,622 1,791 8,277.6 3.96 32,779 2011 .........: 4,202 1,908 8,019.4 2.93 23,497 : Washington : 2009 .........: 29,588 2,533 74,952.1 3.54 265,330 2010 .........: 24,336 2,147 52,252.4 3.11 162,505 2011 .........: 23,320 2,200 51,308.1 2.75 141,097 : United States : 2009 .........: 39,726 2,383 94,677.9 3.57 337,874 2010 .........: 31,289 2,093 65,492.6 3.28 214,589 2011 .........: 29,787 2,175 64,781.6 2.77 179,429 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hop Area Harvested and Yield by Variety - States and United States: 2009-2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Area harvested : Yield per acre and :-----------------------:----------------------- variety : 2009 : 2010 : 2011 : 2009 : 2010 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :-------- acres ------- ------- pounds ------ : Idaho 1/ .................. : 4,030 2,331 2,265 1,943 2,129 2,408 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 152 122 263 1,741 1,680 1,616 Liberty ......................: (D) (D) 108 (D) (D) 1,326 Magnum .......................: (D) (D) 64 (D) (D) 1,928 Millennium ...................: 344 (D) (D) 2,552 (D) (D) Mt. Hood .....................: 158 188 214 1,671 1,640 1,890 Nugget .......................: 1,773 1,356 1,438 2,548 2,119 2,317 Perle ........................: (D) (D) 98 (D) (D) 1,622 Sterling .....................: 101 87 86 1,684 1,644 1,915 Super Galena R ....... : 177 134 241 2,563 2,421 2,263 Tetnanger ....................: (D) (D) 70 (D) (D) 1,634 Willamette ...................: 2,469 1,452 779 1,561 1,535 1,716 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 934 1,283 841 1,601 1,711 1,511 : Total ........................: 6,108 4,622 4,202 1,948 1,791 1,908 : Washington : Apollo R ............. : 747 827 885 2,941 2,778 2,758 Bravo R .............. : 335 414 593 2,397 2,566 2,609 Cascade ......................: 2,019 1,728 2,108 2,120 1,905 1,955 Centennial ...................: 298 357 641 1,490 1,791 1,403 Chelan .......................: 762 (D) (D) 2,680 (D) (D) Chinook ......................: 384 443 572 1,819 1,963 1,718 Citra TM ............. : 98 113 239 836 1,930 1,812 Cluster ......................: 501 392 482 2,370 2,060 2,019 Columbus/Tomahawk R .. : 4,858 3,401 2,947 2,790 2,350 2,519 Galena .......................: 2,412 1,920 1,415 1,852 1,810 1,821 : Glacier ......................: 70 61 44 2,093 1,943 2,182 Golding ......................: 42 (D) (D) 826 (D) (D) Millennium ...................: 557 555 403 2,465 2,185 2,562 Mt. Hood .....................: 96 62 95 1,570 1,211 838 Northern Brewer ..............: 92 94 159 753 1,270 1,698 Nugget .......................: 1,028 829 861 2,060 1,808 1,969 Simcoe .......................: 183 237 495 2,137 1,698 1,779 Super Galena R ....... : 839 886 990 3,186 2,622 3,041 Willamette ...................: 2,719 1,734 894 1,455 1,350 1,510 YCR-4(Palisade R) .... : 351 373 308 2,756 2,431 2,562 YCR-5(Warrior R) ..... : 301 296 260 2,110 1,778 2,061 Zeus .........................: 6,544 4,440 4,159 3,387 2,678 2,572 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 4,352 5,174 4,770 2,417 1,968 1,987 : Total ........................:29,588 24,336 23,320 2,533 2,147 2,200 : United States ............. :39,726 31,289 29,787 2,383 2,093 2,175 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1/ Only State totals published for Idaho to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and varieties not listed. Hop Production by Variety - States and United States: 2009-2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : Production and :----------------------------------------------------- variety : 2009 : 2010 : 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 pounds : Idaho 1/ .................. : 7,829.1 4,962.6 5,454.1 : Oregon : Cascade ......................: 264.6 205.0 425.0 Liberty ......................: (D) (D) 143.2 Magnum .......................: (D) (D) 123.4 Millennium ...................: 877.9 (D) (D) Mt. Hood .....................: 264.0 308.3 404.5 Nugget .......................: 4,517.1 2,873.2 3,332.1 Perle ........................: (D) (D) 159.0 Sterling .....................: 170.1 143.0 164.7 Super Galena R ....... : 453.7 324.4 545.5 Tetnanger ....................: (D) (D) 114.4 Willamette ...................: 3,853.9 2,228.3 1,337.0 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 1,495.4 2,195.4 1,270.6 : Total ........................: 11,896.7 8,277.6 8,019.4 : Washington : Apollo R ............. : 2,196.9 2,297.4 2,440.4 Bravo R .............. : 803.0 1,062.3 1,547.2 Cascade ......................: 4,280.3 3,291.8 4,121.3 Centennial ...................: 444.0 639.4 899.4 Chelan .......................: 2,042.2 (D) (D) Chinook ......................: 698.5 869.6 982.8 Citra TM ............. : 81.9 218.1 433.1 Cluster ......................: 1,187.4 807.5 973.3 Columbus/Tomahawk R .. : 13,553.8 7,992.4 7,422.4 Galena .......................: 4,467.0 3,475.2 2,576.2 : Glacier ......................: 146.5 118.5 96.0 Golding ......................: 34.7 (D) (D) Millennium ...................: 1,373.0 1,212.7 1,032.4 Mt. Hood .....................: 150.7 75.1 79.6 Northern Brewer ..............: 69.3 119.4 270.0 Nugget .......................: 2,117.7 1,498.8 1,695.1 Simcoe .......................: 391.1 402.4 880.8 Super Galena R ....... : 2,673.1 2,323.1 3,010.6 Willamette ...................: 3,956.1 2,340.9 1,350.0 YCR-4(Palisade R) .... : 967.4 906.8 789.1 YCR-5(Warrior R) ..... : 635.1 526.3 535.9 Zeus .........................: 22,164.5 11,890.3 10,695.9 : Other varieties 2/ ...........: 10,517.9 10,184.4 9,476.6 : Total ........................: 74,952.1 52,252.4 51,308.1 : United States 3/ .......... : 94,677.9 65,492.6 64,781.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. R Registered TM Trademark 1/ Only State totals published for Idaho to avoid disclosure of individual operations. 2/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and varieties not listed. 3/ Production that was reported as destroyed after harvest is included in the total for 2009, however the destroyed amount is not published separately to avoid disclosure of individual operations. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Grower surveys are conducted in the three estimating States to collect acreage, yield, and 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, and consistency with historical estimates and industry check data. 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