2015 estimated cost of establishing and producing hops in the Pacific Northwest

The results presented in this publication serve as a general guide for evaluating the feasibility of producing hops in the Pacific Northwest as of 2015. This publication is not intended to be a definitive guide to production practices, but it is helpful in estimating the physical and financial requirements of comparable plantings. To avoid drawing unwarranted conclusions for any particular farm, readers must closely examine the assumptions made in this guide, and then adjust the costs, returns, or both as appropriate for their own operation