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Every heard of a ryzome - once planted, it takes several years for a hop plant to mature and produce marketable quantities. Its not like you put a few seeds in the ground and harvest a big crop. And there is a reason why Oregon is a major producer of hops - its the climate and soil. Likewise, if the demand for beer - Oregon craft brewed beer in particular - is growing, then isn't the demand for hops also growing? along with the price (ie supply vs. demand or economics 101)
More beer drinkers, more Oregon and NW breweries and mico-breweries and a finite amount of acerage available for and dedicated to growing hops.
It helps to know something about economics and ag economics in particular before you suggest that a hop grower in Aurora Oregon ins going to start producing corn - a completely different commodity that will ALWAYS produce less money per acre than hops. You will never see an Oregon crop grower till under the mature plants that he/she has specialized in for generations to grow corn - which requires a completely different set of labor and capital inputs.
Really, get a grip on reality.
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