Idaho hop acreage expected to grow 12% or more this year
Hop acreage in Idaho increased by 39 percent last year, to 3,376 acres, and industry leaders said Gem State growers will produce hundreds more acres in 2014. “There are a lot of new acres,” said Wilder farmer Mike Gooding, president of the Idaho Hop Commission. “I’d say we’ve got 400 or more new acres going in this year.”
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