According to the report from the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (August 20th , 2023) the hop acreage in the Czech Republic decreased compared to the last year by 83 ha (1,67 %) to 4859,9 ha.
The hop acreage of Saaz variety decreased by 88,3 ha to 4047,3 ha and Premiant also saw decrease by 15,9 ha to 196,9 ha. On the other hand, Sladek variety saw a slight increase by 12,8 ha to 410,2 ha, as well as Agnus variety increased by 7,5 ha to 78 ha.
Plantings of new hop plants decreased by 48.4 ha compared to last year to 211.6 ha.
