Production Regions

Hallertau Production Region

The Hallertau in Bavaria is the largest single hop-growing region in the world with over 14,000 hectares and more than 1,300 hop farms (in 2005). It encompasses 15 seal districts and produces well over a fifth of the annual hop crop worldwide. Hop-growing has a long tradition in the Hallertau, but remained localised up until the 16th century. Bigger, single production areas gradually developed from the initially scattered hop farms which facilitated the essential mechanisation and automation. The fact that it has maintained its leading position until the present day is due to the farmers' specialist knowledge, modern production methods, innovative research facilities, highly competitive marketing structures as well as great adaptability to the requirements of the global hop market. The incorporation of the hop production in the quality management system and certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001 for example are evidence of the hop-growers' future-oriented outlook. The hop processing works in the Hallertau run i.a. by the HVG are among the best in the world as far as technology and capacity are concerned. Hersbruck became a Hallertauer seal district in 2004 and from then onwards the acreage and crops are accounted for under the Hallertau.

	2008	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Acreage in ha	14 280	14 755	15 673	15 440	15 387	15 229
Total crop in tons	24 294	27 200	34 331	26 423	29 129	32 757
Average yield in tons/ha	1,70	1,84	2,19	1,71	1,89	2,15
Proportion of total German crop in %	85,22	84,63	86,52	84,30	85,09	85,95

	Acreage in ha
Hauptsorten	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Hallertauer Magnum	3 549	3 429	3 428	3 415	3 340	3 164	3 000	2 900
Taurus	1 146	1 117	1 110	1 077	1 025	925	900	850
Perle	3 931	3 034	3 061	3 128	3 139	3 129	3 100	3 100
Hersbrucker	865	741	735	766	755	773	780	780
Herkules	201	775	1 670	1 208	2 350	2 422	2 450	2 500

	Total crop in tons
Hauptsorten	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Hallertauer Magnum	6 969	6 308	8 465	5 423	6 633	5 991
Taurus	2 161	2 308	2 394	1 896	1 783	2 012
Perle	4 548	6 011	6 880	4 738	5 464	6 493
Hersbrucker	1 502	1 472	1472	1 331	1 178	1 470
Herkules	100	981	3 237	5 137	5 895	7 544

Source: EU reports, HVG, Mehop