U.S. Hop Acreage Strung For Harvest Down 2 Percent from 2021United States hop acreage strung for harvest in 2022 is forecast at 59,896 acres, down 2 percent from last year’s record of 60,872 acres. In Washington, the largest acreage State, 42,428 acres were strung for harvest, down 3 percent from the previous season. In Idaho, […]

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 […]