Record Hops Area in U.S.
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- Hop acreage strung for harvest in 2019 for Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is forecast at a record high 57,339 acres, 4% more than last year's previous record of 55,035 acres, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
Washington, with 41,263 acres for harvest, accounts for 72% of the total United States acreage. Idaho area strung for harvest was 8,570 acres, or 15% of the United States total. Oregon hop growers accounted for the remaining 13%, or 7,506 acres. Acreage increased from last year in Idaho and Washington.
The top five hop varieties strung for harvest in the United States this year are CitraR, Cascade, SimcoeR, MosaicR and Zeus.
Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted June 1, 2019
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State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest
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: 2018 : 2019
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: acres
:
Idaho :
Amarillo R, VGXP01 : 825 562
Apollo TM ... : 232 (D)
Bravo TM .... : 87 (D)
Calypso TM .. : 81 81
Cascade ...............: 836 657
Centennial ............: (D) (D)
Chinook ...............: 962 779
Citra R, HBC 394 : 855 1,072
Cluster ...............: 63 (D)
:
Comet .................: (D) 87
Crystal ...............: 150 130
El Dorado R . : 120 329
Eureka TM ... : 133 (D)
Galena ................: 109 113
Hallertauer ...........: (D) 69
Idaho 7 TM .. : (D) 388
Mosaic R, HBC 369 : 506 803
Northern Brewer .......: (D) 58
Saaz ..................: (D) 297
:
Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 449 469
Super Galena TM : 84 (D)
Willamette ............: (D) 169
Zeus ..................: 1,496 1,480
Experimental ..........: (D) (D)
:
Other varieties 1/ ....: 1,152 1,027
:
Total .................: 8,140 8,570
:
Oregon :
Cascade ...............: 1,064 912
Centennial ............: 698 587
Chinook ...............: 129 117
Citra R, HBC 394 : 690 1,021
Crystal ...............: 354 247
Fuggle ................: 59 65
Golding ...............: 121 91
Magnum ................: 105 77
Meridian ..............: (D) 81
:
Mosaic R, HBC 369 : (D) 496
Mt. Hood ..............: 311 293
Nugget ................: 1,307 1,071
Perle .................: 77 (D)
Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 436 513
Sterling ..............: 191 137
Super Galena TM : 84 78
Tettnanger ............: 72 (D)
Willamette ............: 913 633
Experimental ..........: (D) (D)
:
Other varieties 1/ ....: 1,114 1,087
:
Total .................: 7,725 7,506
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted June 1, 2019 (continued)
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State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest
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: 2018 : 2019
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: acres
:
Washington :
Ahtanum TM, YCR 1 : 255 261
Amarillo R, VGXP01 : 1,895 1,598
Apollo TM ... : 795 849
Azacca TM, ADHA-483 : 546 589
Bravo TM .... : 280 236
Cascade ...............: 4,274 3,711
Cashmere ..............: 195 312
Centennial ............: 3,875 3,040
Chinook ...............: 1,734 1,472
:
Citra R, HBC 394 : 4,837 6,942
Cluster ...............: 610 464
C/T/Z R ..... : 2,034 2,350
Comet .................: 218 244
Crystal ...............: 114 66
Ekuanot R, HBC 366 : 865 631
El Dorado R . : 418 632
Eureka TM ... : 409 424
Galena ................: 390 297
Glacier ...............: (D) (D)
:
Idaho 7 TM .. : (D) 68
Jarrylo R, ADHA-881 : (D) 17
Loral R, HBC 291 : 172 125
Mosaic R, HBC 369 : 1,932 2,926
Mt. Hood ..............: 104 52
Mt. Rainier ...........: 306 259
Nugget ................: 126 104
Pahto TM, HBC 682 : 1,721 2,073
Palisade R, YCR 4 : 515 (D)
Pekko R, ADHA-871 : 92 (D)
:
Sabro TM , HBC 438 : - 678
Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 3,103 3,383
Sorachi Ace ...........: 146 151
Summit TM ... : 1,574 1,072
Super Galena TM : 500 473
Tahoma ................: 209 235
Tettnanger ............: (D) (D)
Willamette ............: 376 310
Zeus ..................: 2,592 2,614
Experimental ..........: 374 363
:
Other varieties 1/ ....: 1,584 2,242
:
Total .................: 39,170 41,263
:
United States 2/ ... : 55,035 57,339
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- Represents zero.
(D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
R Registered
TM Trademark
1/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and
varieties not listed.
2/ Includes 590 organic acres in 2019 and 430 organic acres in 2018.
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