German hop farmers report a 21% lower hop harvest. Because of the heat and drought in the summer, they would only bring in just under 37,700 t, the Association of German Hop Growers announced on Wednesday in Wolnzach in Upper Bavaria. On the other hand, production costs have risen by more than 25%, while sales prices for most of the harvests are already contractually fixed until 2024.
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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 ...
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