PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For at least the second consecutive year, Oregon farmers are harvesting fewer hops to match the decline in beer sales. In 2023, the state’s hop acreage dropped by 11% to about ...

People are buying less beer, and that is shrinking the production of Oregon hops. The state’s hop harvest is down about 30% over the last two years. Michelle Palacios with the Oregon Hop Commission ...

SALEM, Ore. — For the second year in a row, Oregon is seeing a big drop in its hop harvest by nearly 20% this year — and also down? Craft beer sales. The harvest hasn’t even started yet at Sodbuster ...

Oregon hop growers will be harvesting their crops next week, but at a much smaller yield than last year. The acreage for the plant has fallen by 18% this year in Oregon and nationwide. The driving ...

U.S. hop production dropped to 83.1 million pounds in 2025, down 5% from the previous year and 20% below 2023’s harvest, ...

As summer bleeds into fall, so does festival season. Why not add in a hop celebration before everything pumpkin and grapes begins? That was the line of thought by the team at TopWire Hop Project, ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A new festival is giving Oregonians a behind-the-scenes look at hop cultivating, and yes, beer samples, in the heart of the Willamette Valley. TopWire Hop Project, a beer ...

A crew collects 125 pounds on the Lucky Lab's back porch that now are in the new brews By JOHN FOYSTON The Oregonian Portlanders are eagerly forging new connections with the land that feeds them, beer ...

Oregon farmers harvest fewer hops for another year … Video / Aug 13, 2024 / 04:51 PM PDT ...