WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS - Hop acreage strung for harvest in 2020 for Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is forecast at a record high 59,174 acres, 5% more than last year's previous record of 56,544 acres, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Washington, with 42,343 acres for harvest, accounts for 72% of the total United States acreage. Idaho area strung for harvest was 9,374 acres, or 16% of the United States total. Oregon hop growers accounted for the remaining 12%, or 7,457 acres. Acreage increased from last year in all three States.
The top five hop varieties strung for harvest in the United States this year are CitraR, SimcoeR, Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus, MosaicR and Cascade.
Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2019 and 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : acres : Idaho : Amarillo R, VGXP01 : 561 543 Calypso TM ..... : 81 (D) Cascade ..................: 710 452 Cashmere .................: (D) 112 Chinook ..................: 786 632 Citra R, HBC 394 : 973 1,639 Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 1/ : 991 1,413 Comet ....................: 112 117 Crystal ..................: 131 (D) : El Dorado R .... : 352 492 Eureka! TM ..... : 185 234 Galena ...................: 113 (D) Hallertauer ..............: (D) 159 Idaho 7 TM ..... : 388 564 Mosaic R, HBC 369 : 801 1,173 Northern Brewer ..........: (D) 58 Saaz .....................: 140 299 Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 469 411 Willamette ...............: 170 169 Zeus 1/ ..................: 611 (NA) : Other varieties 2/ .......: 784 907 : Total ....................: 8,358 9,374 : Oregon : Amarillo R, VGXP01 : 212 212 Cascade ..................: 1,039 721 Centennial ...............: 614 461 Chinook ..................: 114 88 Citra R, HBC 394 : 998 1,377 Crystal ..................: 247 169 Fuggle ...................: 63 (D) Golding ..................: 92 78 Liberty ..................: (D) 86 : Mosaic R, HBC 369 : 478 616 Mt. Hood .................: 295 144 Nugget ...................: 1,059 872 Sabro TM, HBC 438 : - 65 Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 440 481 Sterling .................: 147 86 Strata OR 91331 ..........: 253 764 Super Galena TM : 78 88 Willamette ...............: 619 602 Experimental .............: (D) 26 : Other varieties 2/ .......: 558 521 : Total ....................: 7,306 7,457 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Hops Area Harvested by Variety - States and United States: 2019 and 2020 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and variety : Area harvested : Strung for harvest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : acres : Washington : Ahtanum TM, YCR 1 : 261 256 Amarillo R, VGXP01 : 1,597 1,357 Apollo TM ...... : 851 765 Azacca TM, ADHA-483 : 589 723 Bravo TM ....... : 236 201 Cascade ..................: 3,718 2,825 Cashmere .................: 310 485 Centennial ...............: 3,031 2,421 Chinook ..................: 1,437 1,196 : Citra R, HBC 394 : 6,720 8,185 Cluster ..................: 470 411 Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus 1/ : 2,323 4,877 Comet ....................: 210 333 Crystal ..................: 66 (D) Ekuanot R, HBC 366 : 632 520 El Dorado R .... : 641 1,071 Eureka! TM ..... : 425 463 Galena ...................: 297 241 Idaho 7 TM ..... : 85 340 : Jarrylo R, ADHA-881 : (D) 18 Loral R, HBC 291 : 125 163 Mosaic R, HBC 369 : 2,829 3,770 Mt. Hood .................: 53 39 Mt. Rainier ..............: 239 238 Nugget ...................: 104 54 Pahto TM, HBC 682 : 2,109 2,118 Palisade R, YCR 4 : 477 290 Pekko R, ADHA-871 : (D) 807 Sabro TM , HBC 438 : 724 1,110 : Simcoe R, YCR 14 : 3,367 3,248 Summit TM ...... : 1,072 641 Super Galena TM : 473 475 Tahoma ...................: 230 287 Warrior YCR 5 ............: (D) 281 Willamette ...............: 270 200 Zeus 1/ ..................: 2,612 (NA) Experimental .............: 360 480 : Other varieties 2/ .......: 1,937 1,454 : Total ....................: 40,880 42,343 : United States 3/ ...... : 56,544 59,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D)Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (NANot available. R Registered TM Trademark 1/ Beginning in 2020, Zeus is included in Columbus, Tomahawk, and Zeus. 2/ Includes data withheld to avoid disclosure of individual operations and varieties not listed. 3/ Includes 812 organic acres in 2020 and 532 organic acres in 2019.
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