What Crop is This in Idaho
What Crop is This in Idaho, About 95% of this product grown in the United States comes from Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
The 2020 USDA report shows 9,268 acres in Idaho, more than 17.1 million pounds of it harvested, and a crop value of nearly $100 million.
Do you know what this is? I had no idea when we first saw all these sticks in the field, so I had to look it up my self.
Hoppin’ Hops: Idaho at the Center of Beer Culture. These are hop fields.
What are hops?
Hops are the green cone-shaped flowers, or “inflorescence,” of the Humulus lupulus plant. They’re a climbing perennial with a distinct jackpot for craft brewers. Hidden inside each cone are tiny yellow pods or glands called lupulin—the source of bitterness, aroma, and flavor in beer.
In addition to beer, hops are used in herbal teas and in soft drinks. These soft drinks include Julmust (a carbonated beverage similar to soda that is popular in Sweden during December), Malta (a Latin American soft drink) and kvass. Hops can be eaten; the young shoots of the bine are edible and can be cooked like asparagus.
What Crop is This in Idaho
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Interesting! Thanks for posting!
You are very welcome Marland. I wasn’t sure what it was at first.
I’ve heard of hops for beer, but never seen them. Interesting!
Me to Linda, I had no idea what they looked like.
I initially thought potatoes.
Yes, that is a good guess for sure. 😊
Wonderful photos.
Thank you very much Peter 🙂
Now that is a crop I I know well as we tend to see them on our wine country jaunts – new to me was the Idaho connection.
Yes, I have never heard of them but it said the climate is perfect out there to grow that much.
I ‘ve seen the plant but not grown as a crop. Amazing!
It’s an interesting looking plant, there was miles and miles of fields with these trellises in them.
So interesting, Sandra! I’ve never seen hops growing and honestly never thought about a hops crop before. Thanks for educating me.
I know, I wasn’t sure what they were either. Good thing for Google search I was able to find out while driving by them.
How did we ever live without Google?
And your comment about cooking like asparagus. Walla Walla, WA is good for asparagus and canola. Only drove in that direction once.
I have never heard of Walla Walla, pretty cool name though 😊
Hops, use to see flocks of geese in the hop fields to eat all the snails.
Now that I never read about. The birds are helping out. 😊
When I first moved to the Yakima Valley & drive by Hop yards I didn’t know what I was looking at. Thought beans❓
Yes, same here. I would never have guessed hops. Luckily Google knew what it was. I typed in, What are all the sticks in the fields and it knew exactly what I was asking.
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Thank you very much Francine 😊
Cool Now I know something new 🤣😎🙃
It was new to me as well. Love sharing new stuff.
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This post makes me hoppy.
Lol, I pictured a rabbit of course. 😅
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I remember back when I was a kid living in Idaho that Mom had a trellis at one end of our porch. That was the first time I had seen a hop. She told me what it was after I asked her what it was.
One other person said she has one in her yard because it is a pretty plant. The look like they can grow very tall.
Yes, I grove it in my garden just because it is beautiful.
That is so cool, they are a very interesting looking plant. 😊
Nice to see these hop fields. Here in Belgium we have also hop cultures in the region around Affligem. Most of our hop (for beer) comes these days from Hungary.
It is such an interesting crop, it said it can only grow in certain climates. Plus it is such a cool looking plant. Makes me wonder who found the first one and figured out how to use it.
Thank you! never seen hops before 🍺🍻
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You are very welcome, 😊
Sandra, thanks for recognition of one of America’s most important crops!!
Yes, 😊, a good article for you as well considering the name of your blog. 😊 I had no idea what a hop was until now.
I don’t know beer at all, but I was going to guess hops… I’ve seen hops farms with sticks like that.
It was such a strange sight for me. I had to look it up to find out and had no idea what they were and that they are grown out west because the climate is just right.