Beer increase on tap?

I have seen a few articles about this lately it appears that there is or will be a shortage of hops. What kind of hops it does not say.

n 1994 there were 234,000 acres in the world, last year there were 113,000, this year there's 118,000 - that should say it right there," said Olson.

It seem from the article that hops production is up from last year.

The only thing we've had to change is now we have to secure an annual inventory," rather than just phoning suppliers when necessary, he said. "A lot's changed on the logistic front on how we're looking to get hops in the future

Maybe this will be a good thing if small breweries start working with small organic farms to ensure a supply of hops.