Czech hop growers produced 6310,7 t of hops in 2004
The average yield for 2004 was 1,08 t/ha which corresponds with the years 2001 and 2002 and is 16% higher than last year. The production in the main growing region of Saaz reached 4435,5 t of hops, the highest yields were recorded in the Moravian Tirschitz region with 1,51 t/ha. Saaz hops, the main Czech variety, accounted for 87,4% of the Czech production with average yield of 1,02t/ha. The quality was very good and the alpha content also better than in two previous years. Very good yields and quality were also achieved with the new Czech varieties Premiant, Sladek and Agnus. The production of these varieties is slowly increasing year by year thanks to demand in the Czech breweries but also in many breweries abroad. .
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