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Hop Statistics

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U.S. Hop Yields 1981 - 1998

Year	Washington	Oregon	Idaho	United States
		(pounds per acre)
1981	1900	1720	1650	1836*
1982	2070	1800	1730	1984*
1983	1930	1590	1740	1846*
1984	1920	1420	1750	1824*
1985	1870	1470	1620	1764*
1986	2040	1664	2000	1968*
1987	1860	1470	1750	1770*
1988	1721	1470	1400	1638
1989	1782	1600	1461	1717
1990	1634	1530	1500	1603
1991	1896	1415	1319	1748
1992	1881	1479	1387	1759
1993	1884	1500	1375	1767
1994	1800	1715	1527	1758
1995	1930	1595	1520	1826
1996	1820	1383	1400	1698
1997	1796	1625	1417	1729
1998	1686	1660	1159	1625

Sources: U.S.D.A., U.S. Hop Administrative Committee. Prepared by Hop Growers of America, Inc.
*U.S. figures include California acreage yields (1981 - 1987).

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U.S. Hop Yields 1993 - 1998

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1998 U.S. Alpha Production by Variety

Average Alpha Content                          Alpha Production (at harvest)

		Harvest		31-Dec	lbs.	Metric Tons		% of total
Galena		13.1%		11.9%	1,404,320	637.0		21.9%
Nugget		13.4%		12.5%	1,640,763	744.2		25.6%
Columbus/Tomahawk		15.8%		14.5%	1,573,127	713.6		24.5%
Cluster		7.2%		6.8%	422,057	191.4		6.6%
Chinook		12.2%		11.4%	253,577	155.0		3.9%
Olympic		13.8%		-	28,690	13.0		0.4%
Other		13.7%		-	447,302	202.9		7.0%
Total - Alpha					5,769,836	2,617.2		89.9%
Aroma Varieties
Willamette		4.2%		4.3%	34,700	157.4		5.4%
Cascade		5.3%		5.0%	94,637	42.9		1.5%
Perle		4.7%		4.5%	32,397	14.7		0.5%
Mt Hood		3.2%		4.0%	23,248	10.5		0.4%
Tettnang		5.7%		2.9%	23,262	10.6		0.4%
Golding		4.0%		-	11,540	5.2		0.2%
Fuggle		3.3%		-	6,818	3.1		0.1%
Horizon		9.8%		-	9,555	4.3		0.1%
Other		3.7%		-	102,123	46.3		1.6%
Total - Aroma					650,579	295.1		10.1%
					6,420,415	2,912.3		100.0%

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Alpha Acid Percentages by Variety - 1998 U.S. Hop Crop

Variety	Ave. Alpha *
Tettnanger	2.9%
Mt Hood	4.0%
Willamette	4.3%
Cascade	5.0%
Perle	4.5%
Cluster	6.8%
Chinook	11.4%
Galena	11.9%
Nugget	12.5%
Super Alphas	14.5%

Source: U.S. Hop Dealer's Trade Association.
*Figures represent alpha percentages as of December 31, 1998 (ASBC - Spectrophotometric).

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U.S. & German Alpha Acid Productions 1982 - 1998

(1,000 pounds)

	United States		Germany
Year	Production	Crop Ave.	Production	Crop Ave.
1982	5,893	7.5%	4,824	5.1%
1983	5,525	8.1%	3,397	4.2%
1984	4,718	8.4%	5,068	6.5%
1985	3,926	7.9%	4,178	5.3%
1986	4,755	9.7%	4,407	5.9%
1987	4,630	9.3%	4,403	6.4%
1988	4,850	8.9%	3,574	5.4%
1989	5,260	8.9%	4,114	5.3%
1990	4,958	8.7%	3,232	4.8%
1991	6,277	9.1%	5,042	6.3%
1992	6,953	9.4%	3,053	4.8%
1993	7,767	10.2%	5,970	6.4%
1994
	7,086	9.5%	2,335	3.7%
1995	7,387	9.4%	3,937	5.2%
1996	7,396	9.9%	6,424	7.9%
1997	7,352	9.8%	5,911	7.9%
1998 **	6,420	10.8%	4,630	6.9%

SOURCE: U.S.D.A. Prepared by Hop Growers of America.