About 140 hop harvesters are needed to harvest hops in Russia

Hop-producing farms in Russia will need about 140 hop harvesters to harvest this crop, the first domestic prototype of which was created in Chuvashia in 2023. This was reported to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev during his working trip to Chuvashia by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic - the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the region Sergei Artamonov. Problems and prospects for the development of hop growing were raised during a visit to the Chuvash State Agrarian University (Chuvash State Agrarian University) and the laboratory of the competence center “Chuvashia - the center of hop production” created on its basis. Patrushev asked what the general need for equipment for hop production is, including a specialized harvester, a prototype of which was created in Chuvashia in 2023. “To provide for the country, we need about 140 [hop harvesting] combines [based on] 4 thousand hectares,” Artamonov said. Rector of the ...