Ministry of Agriculture: Gross hop harvest could quadruple by 2028 in Russia

By 2028, the gross hop harvest could increase fourfold, said Roman Nekrasov, director of the Department of Plant Growing, Mechanization, Chemicalization and Plant Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture, during the business program of the All-Russian Festival of Hop Growing and Brewing "Green Gold of Russia" in Chuvashia, TASS reports. The department expects that the dependence of the Russian market on hop imports will decrease due to increased production in different regions of the country. According to Nekrasov's presentation, last year the hop harvest was 293.1 tons, by the end of 2024 the harvest is expected to be at the level of 304.6 tons, by 2028 - over 1.2 thousand tons. In June, following a meeting between the head of the department Oksana Lut and representatives of the Baltika brewing company, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture reported that the total area of hop fields in Russia by 2028 should expand by 3.1 times, exceeding 955 hectares. According to ...