USA: The 2006 sold ahead position for the US hop industry is up 9 points from the 2005

The 2006 sold ahead position for the US hop industry is up nine points from the 2005 position, United States Department of Agriculture posted on March 27, 2006. The following years� positions are mostly higher than the 2005 survey, but lower when compared with preceding surveys.

US sold ahead position for 2006 crop is 40,178,989 pounds of hops (75.93 % of crop); for 2007 crop 20,327,911 pounds (28.42%) for 2008 14,034,657 pounds (26.52%); for 2009 8,767,139 pounds (16.57%)

The survey data are reported by hop growers from Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Data from the survey are used to calculate a percentage and quantity of the US hop crop sold for 2006, and following years.