Hop plants prefer the same soils as potatoes and the leading potato-growing states in the United States are also major hops-producing areas; however, not all potato-growing areas can produce good hops naturally: soils in the Maritime Provinces of Canada, for example, lack the boron that hops prefer. read more
Leading hop producing U.S. states in 2017 (in 1,000 pounds) This statistic shows the three U.S. states with the highest hop production in 2017. In that year, Washington produced about 78.69 million pounds of hops. read more
Without too much of a history lesson, essentially, as the thirst for fresh beer, hops, and American patriotism grew stronger in the mid 1600s, hops were grown commercially in the Massachusetts Bay Colony region, and then later in New York. read more