Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 11. 4. 2024

Asparagus season has started in Hostín u Vojkovic, in the meantime white asparagus is being harvested

Asparagus season started in Hostín u Vojkovic last week, in the meantime white asparagus is being harvested. It is about two weeks earlier than last year, due to the sunny weather.

Cases of cruelty to animals increased last year, people report problematic breeding more

Cases of animal cruelty are increasing in the Czech Republic. Last year, the police investigated 180 of them, i.e. about fifty more than the year before. Bad conditions are often discovered during checks by inspectors of the State Veterinary Administration. But people are also more observant and report problematic behaviour more often.

The heat hastened a harvest of spring vegetables by three weeks, and the weather will decide on the crop this year

An unusually warm spring weather this year hastened a harvest of early vegetables by about three weeks. Farmers are already taking radishes, white asparagus, spring onions, lettuce, and chives from the fields. It is still too early to estimate this year's domestic vegetable harvest, a further development of the weather will decide.

Where does beer thrive? Microbreweries rule Budějovice, South Moravia is also experiencing a boom

According to customs statistics, there are currently 573 microbreweries in the Czech Republic. The South Bohemian region leads the statistics with 7.66 breweries per hundred thousand inhabitants.