Hop crop in Germany down by 21% due to drought

It is therefore very difficult to absorb the additional costs, said association president Adolf Schapfl. A third of the world's cultivation area is in Germany. By far the largest growing area is the Hallertau south of Ingolstadt. The association estimates the harvest there this year at 32,500 t. There are also larger cultivation areas in the Elbe-Saale-Winkel (2,691 t) and in Tettnang on Lake Constance (2,422 t). New hop varieties can withstand heat and drought stress better and are also less susceptible to diseases. “Hop growers would very much like to produce many more of these ...