Agrarian Chamber: recent floods caused millions of crowns worth of damages to Czech farms

The Czech Agrarian Chamber says that damages to crops and livestock caused by the recent floods will cost Czech farmers 200 million crowns (10.9 million USD). According to the association’s vice president, Jindřich Šnejdrla, around 40,000 hectares of Czech farmland have been damaged, while 500 hectares have been destroyed. Nearly 800 farm animals have died as a consequence of the floods, which struck predominantly North Moravia and South Bohemia late last week.