{"id":1145,"date":"2010-01-25T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2010-01-25T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T13:00:52","slug":"honey-prices-unexpectedly-flat-in-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/honey-prices-unexpectedly-flat-in-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Prices: Unexpectedly Flat In 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honey prices advanced in 2008, and last January<\/a> it looked like we were in for more of the same in 2009. But it turns out that honey in December sold for about what it did in January. I now have my first full year of data on malt extract, and here the story is the same. With the exception of The Cellar’s liquid malt extract, which rose early, dry and liquid malt extract prices were unchanged last year. I started tracking malt extract, and other sweeteners, because they might be of interest to our home brewing friends and to provide some context. One hitch in my plan is that I moved during the year, and I no longer have convenient access to a Sam’s Club. Starting with 2010, I’ll be tracking Wal Mart’s prices instead. This means that for table sugar and maple syrup, I only have full year data from Costco. It looks like maple syrup dropped and table sugar rose, at the end of 2009, but with only one source I’m not sure we can make too much of that.<\/p>\n

In the table below, I’ve included honey prices from March 2008<\/a>, just before the surge, as well as January<\/a> and December of 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Source and Type<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice March 2008 ($\/lb)<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice January 2009 ($\/lb)<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice December 2009 ($\/lb)<\/strong><\/td>\nChange From March<\/strong><\/td>\nChange From January<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costco Clover<\/td>\n1.47<\/td>\n1.83<\/td>\n1.83<\/td>\n+24.5%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller’s Honey Clover<\/td>\n1.55<\/td>\n1.73<\/td>\n1.73<\/td>\n+11.6%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller’s Honey Wildflower<\/td>\n1.15<\/td>\n1.43<\/td>\n1.43<\/td>\n+24.3%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miller’s Honey Organic<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n1.83<\/td>\n1.83<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch Gold Clover<\/td>\n1.30<\/td>\n1.80<\/td>\n1.80<\/td>\n+38.5%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch Gold Wildflower<\/td>\n1.26<\/td>\n1.71<\/td>\n1.71<\/td>\n+35.7%<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dutch Gold Organic<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n1.80<\/td>\n1.80<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


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Where can you get the best deal on honey?<\/h2>\n