Where did all the British hops go? is the headline and the story gets grim from there. Hop farming in the UK, one of the most romantic historically in beer history is in free fall.
Worldwide, it is not fun to be a farmer. If the government isn’t actively making life harder than climate change is or the big agri seed companies are screwing you at every turn. Toss in a craft brewing slump and it makes harvest time less a happy moment of fresh hop beers and more a funeral procession.