Czech hop harvest reached 4 453 metric tons

ÚKZÚZ (Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture) has released the 2022 hop crop figures. The very poor harvest was thus confirmed officially.

Czech hop growers picked total 4 452,43 metric tons of dry hops. It is an yield across the all varieties only 0.90 tons per hectar.

2022 crop was 46,4 per cent or 3 854 metric tons of hops down in comparison to record-breaking year ago. 2012-2021 average yield has been 1.30 metric tons per hectar.

For more information, have a look at links (Czech)

https://eagri.cz/public/web/ukzuz/tiskovy-servis/tiskove-zpravy/x2022_uroda-chmele-2022-nejnizsi.html

Statistical report

https://eagri.cz/public/web/file/714111/TZ_Sklizen_chmele_dle_odrud_a_dle_okresu_2022.pdf