hops

According to NASS, the inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on March 1st totaled 196 million pounds. That’s a 6% year over year increase from the 185 million pounds reported in March 2021. Stocks held at dealer and grower locations earlier this month totaled 160 million pounds, while stocks held by brewers totaled 36 million pounds. T ...

Washington State University is leading an effort to improve hops and help hop growers, with an eye toward boosting the craft beer industry. The effort comes thanks to a $5 million USDA grant with a goal of breeding new hop varieties that are naturally resistant to key viruses ...

Late last week, the USDA awarded Washington State University $4,853,908 to benefit the Pacific Northwest hop industry. The funds, which were part of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant program, will allow WSU to conduct research on enhancing supply chain sustainability and global competitiveness ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is asking the farming and non-farming community to keep an eye out for a potentially destructive pest. The Department said the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) may have been observed in the Omak region recently, but entomologists could not confirm that report ...

NASS is out with the top commodities for Oregon in 2020. The state’s greenhouse and nursery industry experienced a COVID-19 boon with value of production topping $1 billion for a second year in a row. Industry experts say the “stay home” orders boosted sales nationwide as more people took up gardening and landscaping. Coming in at #2 ...

According to NASS, hop stocks as of September 1st, increased 2% over last year. The inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers earlier this month totaled 133 million pounds, up from the 130 million pounds reported on September 1st, 2020 ...

According to NASS, over 60,000 acres of hops were strung this season across the Pacific Northwest, a record high, and a 4% increase from last year. Jaki Brophy with Hop Growers of America said the increase in acreage is thanks to customer demand ...

Hop acreage continues to increase across the Northwest. According to NASS, 60,735 hop acres were strung for harvest this year in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. That represents a 4% year over year increase for the region. Washington account for 43,380 acres for harvest, 71% of the total U ...

National Week of the Farmworkers wrapped up March 31st. And to celebrate the occasion intended to bring attention to farmworkers and honor their contributions, Central Washington University held a forum in which students who come from farm working backgrounds could share some of their stories ...

To say 2020 has been a “unique year” for the local farm community may be an understatement, and that has been no different for local hop growers. Jaki Brophy, Washington Hop Commission and Hop Growers of America Communications Director, said while the 2020 harvest was large, smoke from September wildfires was a major contributor as to why the yield-per-acre decreased from last year. "Ba ...