Fewer apple orchards in the Czech Republic. Will fruit growers survive the crisis?

The era of Czech apple cultivation seems to be coming to an end. Apple trees are gradually disappearing, being replaced by more profitable agricultural crops. What kind of production do Czech farmers focus on? Martin Ludvík, chairman of the Fruit Growers' Union, estimates that in the coming months the number of orchards in this country will fall below 10,000. Only last year, fruit growers had four crowns less per kilogram of apples than the estimated price. On a hectare, from which an average of 25 tons of apples are harvested, this results in a loss of about 100,000 crowns, or about 20,000. zlotys. The gradual decline of Czech fruit-growing is also noticed by the agricultural expert Tomáš Maier from the ...