20 Dec U.S. Hop Production Eclipses 87 Million Pounds in 2016
By Justin Kendall from BrewBound
As many craft brewers continued a shift toward brewing with more aroma hops in 2016, the average hop yield per acre declined even as total U.S. hop production hit a five-year high, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In 2016, farmers reported 87.1 million pounds of hops harvested, an 8.3 million pound increase over last year.
It marks the sixth consecutive year U.S. hop farmers increased their acreages as well as the fourth straight year that overall production increased. In 2016 alone, hop production grew 11 percent with significant increases in the key hop growing regions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, according to the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS).
The USDA valued 2016’s production of hop crops at $498 million, a 44 percent increase over 2015’s record valuation of $345 million. That agency attributed the jump in value to the increase in hop acreage and production as well as the trend toward high-value aroma hop varieties…CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT BREWBOUND.COM
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