Sp Cr 2  (9-09)

Hop
Stocks

Washington, D.C.

Released September 18, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For 
information on "Hop Stocks" call Kim Ritchie at (360) 902-1940, office hours 
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT.

              September 1 Hop Stocks Up 38 Percent From Last Year               

The inventory of hops held by growers, dealers, and brewers on 
September 1, 2009, totaled 65.0 million pounds, a 38 percent increase from 
September 1, 2008 stocks.  This is the highest inventory reported as of 
September 1 since 2003, when stocks were 69.0 million pounds.

Stocks held by brewers, at 40.0 million pounds, were up 38 percent from a 
year ago.  Stocks held by dealers and growers on September 1, 2009, were 
25.0 million pounds, up 39 percent from the stocks on hand last year.

               Hops: Stocks Held by Growers, Dealers, and Brewers,              
                            United States, 2007-2009                            
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                    :           March 1           :         September 1         
      Stocks 1/     :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :  2007   :  2008   :  2009   :  2007   :  2008   :  2009   
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                    :                       1,000 Pounds                        
                    :                                                           
Stocks Held by:     :                                                           
                    :                                                           
  Dealers/Growers   : 28,000    30,000    42,000    16,000    18,000    25,000  
  Brewers           : 42,000    36,000    40,000    31,000    29,000    40,000  
                    :                                                           
  Total Stocks      : 70,000    66,000    82,000    47,000    47,000    65,000  
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1/  Includes equivalent pounds of dry hops held in form of extract or pellets.  

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