Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:44:39 +0200Record hop yield means Czech producers can compete with Germany in foreign marketshttps://english.radio.cz/record-hop-yield-means-czech-producers-can-compete-germany-foreign-markets-8732210© 2026 Radio Prague International Farmers are happily announcing that 2021 has seen the largest harvest of hops in a quarter-century. The record 8,500 ton yield came despite the extreme fluctuations in harvests that Czech producers have experienced in recent years. To find out more about what's going on, I spoke to Jiří Smetana, the vice-chairman of Arix, one of the largest hop producers and traders in Czechia. I began by asking him why hop yields were so high this year. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/743603753b478e0b338c3473ac6353ba.jpg?timestamp=1691495357 Record hop yield means Czech producers can compete with Germany in foreign markets https://english.radio.cz/record-hop-yield-means-czech-producers-can-compete-germany-foreign-markets-8732210 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9