The hop harvest has begun this week in the Žatec region. The opening of the hop harvest in Lenešice near Louny was personally attended today by the Minister of Agriculture, Marek Výborný.
Today, the Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture published the final figures for this year’s harvested areas.
The total harvested area amounts to 4,812 hectares, of which 3,689 hectares are planted with the Saaz variety.

The first photos from this year’s harvest and table of areas can be viewed below.