It is evident few days before the start of hop harvest that the hop crop 2015 in the Czech Republic will be lower than the crop 2014.
Luboš Hejda, Chairman of the board of Hop Growers Union of the Czech Republic, delivered pre-harvest information from all hop growing regions. He estimates 30% lower crop than previous crop 2014 that reached 6.202 tons.
While the long and deep-built roots and irrigation systems can partly protect plants against dry weather there is no way how to protect hops suffering from high temperatures. “The combination of both occurrences has a harmful influence on the yield and quality. Due to high temperatures, the water from a hop delivery system is evaporating. It affects a maturation of hops. Thus, the yield will be lower.” … said Luboš Hejda during the Hop Growers Day that is regularly held at the hop research farm in Steknik.
Zdeněk Rosa, Chairman of Board of Bohemia Hop a.s. and CHMELAŘSTVÍ, družstvo Žatec, informed from the position of the Chairman of the Economic Commission of the IHGC that the hop acreage worldwide has increased up to 50.500 ha. Nevertheless, the crop 2015 will be lower than in the previous year due to the unfavourable climatic conditions in summer 2015. The decreases are expected apart from the Czech Republic mainly in Germany and Slovenia where the weather progress was similar.
Bohemia Hop and Chmelařství hosted Mr. Tsutomu Kamijo, President & Group CEO of SAPPORO HOLDINGS LTD.,at its headquater on 7th July 2015. Mr. Kamijo was accompanied by Mr. Yoshihiro Iwata, President and CEO of SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL INC. and Mr. Yoshihito Kuzuhara, General Manager of European Business. We visited together hop gardens in Steknik and had a dinner at Hop and Beer Temple in Zatec. The group also visited Hop Museum in Žatec that belongs to Chmelařství, cooperative Žatec.
Bohemia Hop a.s. supported triathlon competition HOPMAN 2015 (short triathlon and half Ironman) that took place on 11th July 2015 nearby Nechranice dam. For the second season runnning, almost 200 competitors participated in this race. Exciting atmosphere and pleasant weather enabled great performances. Many triathletes set their personal best at the Half Ironman.
In the picture you can see Mr. Masaki Oga (in the middle), the President of Sapporo Breweries, Mr. Masayuki Shimase, the Head of Purchasing Department, Mr. Ken Murata and Mr. Milan Hejduk, representatives of E.A.T., Mr. Jaroslav Hajek and Mr. Zdenek Rosa, representatives of Chmelarstvi, druzstvo Zatec, and Mr. Pavel Sponer, Commercial Director of Bohemia Hop a.s.
Mr. Zdenek Rosa,the Chairman of Chmelarstvi, Druzstvo Zatec and Bohemia Hop a.s. , and Mr. Milan Strnad, the Director of Processing Plant, had a meeting with Mr. Tomas Duba, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Tokio, and with Mr. Marcel Sauer, Head of Commercial and Economic Section.
Mr. Rosa delivered lot of information about the history of exporting Czech hops to Japan and about the current situation.
Bohemia Hop traditionally participated in Craft Brewer´s Conference (CBC) and BrewExpo America 2015 that were held in Portland, Oregon, USA. Many participants of CBC visited our booth and took free samples of original Czech hop varieties that were displayed. More than 11.000 people and more than 600 exhibitors visited CBC and BrewExpo America.
Bohemia Hop is a member of Brewers Association of America, the Czech Beer and Malt Association and also the Czech-Moravian Union of Microbrewers
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