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| HOP NEWS CHRISTMAS 2001 Merry Christmas and a very happy and
prosperous New Year from all the team at Charles Faram & Co
Ltd. |
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| HOP FORUM &
TRAINING DAY September Thank-you to all of you who attended our hop days at Claston.  The
attendance figures were staggering and we hope that your journeys
to Herefordshire were considered worthwhile. Our problem now of course
is how to match it next year! Any suggestions would be gratefully
received! New varieties (including the aphid resistant hop) are now
available on a limited basis for anyone who would like to try some |
LET IT SNOW, LET
IT SNOW….
A seasonal picture for our Christmas newsletter! As we very rarely
seem to get any snowy moments in the UK hop industry these days we
have to thank our American growers at Puterbaugh Farms for this picture.
The American market has been very difficult this year with different
market conditions for aroma and high alpha hops. Shortages of aroma
varieties have caused high prices for Cascades, Mount Hood, Willamette
etc. but high alpha hops have been in abundance giving the growers
little return for their efforts during the year. In Germany growers
are experiencing similar problems but without the high premiums for
the aroma varieties. So not a lot of Christmas cheer there then! |
The
2001 hop harvest is now all gathered in and is being assessed and
allocated ready for despatch. Indications are that the crop has
been slightly below average in yield with alphas within the normal
ranges (apart from one or two strange results!) The crop in the
south-east seems to have suffered from the dry weather during the
summer, which seems crazy when most of this area was underwater
in October last year! The West Midlands grower’s yields were
also below average but most managed to get rain at the right times
and so the conditions were a little more favourable. Generally quality
has been very good with a few making choicest, a small number of
grade 2 but most achieving grade 1 standard. Well done to the growers!