2024 Hop Production Down 16 Percent From Last Year Production for the United States in 2024 totaled 87.1 million pounds, down 16 percent from the 2023 crop of 104 million pounds. Area harvested for the United States in 2024 totaled 44,793 acres, down 18 percent from the previous year. Harvested acreage decreased in all states. […]

Hop acreage strung for harvest in 2021 for Washington, Oregon, and Idaho is forecast at a record high 60,735 acres, 4 percent more than last year’s previous record of 58,641 acres. Washington, with 43,380 acres for harvest, accounts for 71 percent of the total United States acreage. Idaho area strung for harvest was 9,784 acres, […]

University of Idaho Parma Research and Extension Center Hops Research  Dr. Justin Clements  The Clements Entomology Lab at the Parma Research and Extension Center, in collaboration with Dr. Edwin Lewis, Dr. Glen Stevens, and Gooding Farms, is developing biological controls for California prionus beetles using entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN).  They are currently screening multiple EPN species to […]