Bigger Hops Crop in Works
WASHINGTON - Jun 12/13 - SNS -- Area strung for harvest in 2013 for Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is forecast at 35,041 acres, 10% more than the 2012 crop of 31,933 acres, according to the USDA's latest crop report.
Washington, with 26,970 acres for harvest, accounts for 77% of the United States total area. Oregon hop growers plan to string 4,682 acres, or 13% of the United States total, with Idaho hop growers accounting for the remaining 10%, or 3,389 acres strung for harvest.
Acreage increased in all three States this year. This is the first time acreage by variety is being published for Idaho since 2001.
Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2012 and
Forecasted June 1, 2013
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State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest
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: 2012 : 2013
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: acres
:
Idaho 1/ ........... :
Apollo R .... : (D) 289
Bravo R ..... : (D) 126
Cascade ...............: (D) 637
Centennial ............: (D) 67
Chinook ...............: (D) 328
Crystal ...............: (D) 25
El Dorado R . : (D) 14
Super Galena R : (D) 277
Zeus ..................: (D) 503
:
Other Varieties 2/ ....: (D) 1,123
:
Total .................: 2,423 3,389
:
Oregon :
Cascade ...............: 346 411
Centennial ............: 208 307
Crystal ...............: (D) 81
Golding ...............: (D) 170
Liberty ...............: 83 122
Magnum ................: 58 (D)
Mt. Hood ..............: 226 131
Nugget ................: 1,619 1,652
Perle .................: (D) (D)
Sterling ..............: (D) 122
:
Super Galena R : 175 185
Tettnanger ............: 61 (D)
Willamette ............: 905 583
Experimental ..........: (D) 27
:
Other varieties 2/ ....: 789 891
:
Total .................: 4,470 4,682
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2012 and
Forecasted June 1, 2013 (continued)
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State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest
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: 2012 : 2013
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: acres
:
Washington :
Ahtanum ...............: 176 211
Apollo R .... : 874 685
Bravo R ..... : 528 494
Cascade ...............: 2,693 4,282
Centennial ............: 1,478 1,859
Chelan ................: (D) 292
Chinook ...............: 1,215 1,344
Citra TM .... : 538 1,278
Cluster ...............: 546 682
Columbus/Tomahawk R : 2,523 2,344
:
Crystal ...............: 154 202
El Dorado R . : (D) 82
Galena ................: 954 450
Glacier ...............: 56 98
Golding ...............: (D) 93
Liberty ...............: (D) 9
Magnum ................: (D) 86
Mosaic TM ... : (D) 339
Millennium ............: 397 381
:
Mt. Hood ..............: 120 116
Northern Brewer .......: 120 145
Nugget ................: 875 395
Simcoe R .... : 940 1,264
Summit TM ... : (D) 2,881
Super Galena R : 959 751
Tettnanger ............: 76 68
Vanguard ..............: 59 76
Willamette ............: 692 521
:
YCR-4 (Palisade R) : 264 152
YCR-5 (Warrior R) : 195 183
Zeus ..................: 3,253 3,470
Experimental ..........: (D) 280
:
Other varieties 2/ ....: 5,355 1,457
:
Total .................: 25,040 26,970
:
United States ...... : 31,933 35,041
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(D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
R Registered
TM Trademark
1/ Prior to 2013, 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.
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