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Brewers Association 2020Hop & Brewing Industry

Update

“Yesterday’s home runs don’t

win today’s games”

– Babe Ruth

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Objectives

• Brewing & Hop Industry Updates

• Annual BA Hop Survey Results

• USDA-NASS Hop Stocks Report Analysis

• Federal & International Ag Affairs Update

• BA Grants & Research Support

• Public Hop Research Sensory Update

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2019 Brewing Industry Update

• Total U.S. beer sales down ~1.5% (through Nov)

• Total number of U.S. breweries tops 8,000 for first time ever (~7,000 one year ago)

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US Craft Beer Volume % Change YOY

4%est

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US Craft Beer Production Volume (MM US BBL)

26.7 25.6 24.9 24.1

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2019 Hop Industry Update

• Ttl U.S. acres increased from 57,468 to 58,930 (+2.5%), an all-time high

PACNW acres increased by 1,500 (2.7%)

Non-PACNW acres decreased by 47 from 2433 to 2386 (-1.9%)

• Aroma Acreage proportion remained increased slightly in 2019

• Ttl U.S. production +4.3% to 113.0 MM pounds

• Non-PACNW production -33% (-45% vs CY17) to ~1 MM pounds

• PACNW yield increased from 1943 to 1981 pounds per acre (2%)

• Citra acreage (8,690) increased 36%

Data courtesy USDA-NASS ©2019 and USAHops ©2020

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2019 Brewers Association Hop Survey• Annual Survey in July & August

• 12 Years of Data collected 2008 - 2019

• Look back to beer production years 2007 – 2018

•2019 Survey = 2018 Beer Production ~= 2017 Crop Yr

• Based on craft volume as defined

• A SURVEY, so the results shown are NOT totals: “Actual Mileage May Vary”

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Hop Survey Sponsorship

Cascade: Underplanted?

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2019 Hop Survey Results Summary

• Hop Usage Rate: +2.5% to 1.72 PPB

• Variety Usage increased to an all-time high of 163 varieties

• U.S. craft brewers remain loyal to U.S. varieties at 87% of total pounds

• Shortfalls measured In 2018 in different varieties from 2017

• Galaxy repeats as highest Impact imported variety

• Hop Cost Per Barrel Continues to Increase Sharply

• Proportion of US 2017 crop consumed by craft decreased

• Contracting rates increased sharply after three years of declines

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Average Hopping Rate (Pounds per Barrel)

0.93 0.92

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Total Number of Varieties Used

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Percentage U.S Grown Hops Used

80.4%79.4%

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84.70% 84.8%

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Variety Shortfall

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8.2%7.5%

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Citra Galaxy Mosaic NelsonSauvin

Cashmere Strata Vic Secret El Dorado Motueka Sabro

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Variety Impact & Thiol Flavor Domination

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Cascade Citra Centennial Mosaic Amarillo Simcoe Chinook El Dorado CTZ Azacca Galaxy

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Aggregate Hop Cost per Aggregate Barrels Across All Respondents

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Craft Brewer Contracting

78.6%

84.1% 83%

89.0%92.8% 92%

96.6% 95.8% 96.0%

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69.2%73.3%

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82.4%86.1%

91.2% 93.0% 91.4%89.0%

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All Brewers

Brewers under 2500 bbl

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2019 Hop Stocks Analysis

Source: USDA-NASS 2018 Hop Stocks Report

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Data Source: USDA-NASS 2019 Hop Stocks Report

74.5%

79.9%

97.3%

118.3%

111.8%108.7%

92.6%

81.5%

78.0%

80.6%87.7%

132.8%

148.2%

157.9%

130.0%

116.9%

107.8%

112.5%

106.0%

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Data Source: USDA-NASS 2019 Hop Stocks Report

-41.9%

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-7.5%

-1.7%1.8%

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-26.0%

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-18.6%

-7.4%-4.6%

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27.9%

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September Dealer & Grower Stocks Less Brewer Stocks As A Proportion of Prior Year Crop

Dealer Held Net Inventory Era (Since

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Federal Affairs Outreach 2019

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International Ag Policy

https://www.deutscher-hopfen.de/de/Presse/Global-Hop-Summit

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Principles of Integrated Crop Protection

Location

Fertilization

Clean PlantsVariety Choice

Cover Cropping Erosion Control

IrrigationPromote Beneficials

Hygiene MeasuresPreventive Action

Pest Control, Decision Support

Inspection

Warning Service

Forecasting System

Economic Thresholds

Mechanical & Fire Pruning

Biological & Biotechnical Control

No Chemical Control

Chemical ControlChemical

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Grants and Research Funding Update

Years 2015 - 2019

Competitive Research Grants $879,589

HGA Sponsorships and Projects $26,500

HRC Dues & Growout Funds $229,594

USDA Breeding Program $687,357

Total Hop Industry Support $1,823,040

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Best Practices Directory

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Public Hop Program ResearchRenee Eriksen:

Genetics of

• Drought Tolerance

• Heat StressDan Groenendale

Angela Randazzo

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Public Breeding Sensory Update

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