The family have sold their farmhouse and moved into the barn. The farm has recently completed the legal procedure needed to move the route of a public footpath to a more convenient position. Recent and Current Concerns Hops UK brewers have sufficient stocks and are accepting existing contracts but are not looking for additional supplies. There is, therefore, no 'spot' market for hops. They are only being grown when there is an agreed forward contract.
Prices are low.
As a result more growers are leaving the industry. Apples and pears The strong pound continues to make low priced imports attractive to our supermarket customers. As the margin available to growers diminishes, so will the acreage grown. We just get forced out of business. Prices are 28-35p per pound.