A sweet and calming aroma filled the air in front of Steamworks Brewing Co. on Wednesday morning as a mobile hop harvester stripped cones from vines. The harvester rumbled as the tines removed the ...

A hop harvester moves down rows of hop trellises at harvest. American hop production totaled 87.1 million pounds in 2024, down 16% from the previous year, as the industry continues to deal with a glut ...

Workers at Alexander Valley Hops, east of Healdsburg, brought in their hop harvest on Thursday. The harvest involves gathering 20-foot-long bines — the climbing stems of hop plants — and then feeding ...

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, according to the USDA. The value of production edged higher, however, reaching ...

GRANGER, Wash. - At the base of a big yellow hop harvester, somewhere above the front wheels, workers shove vines through a hole about the size of a baseball. Unseen machinery slurps them through, ...