Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 30. 7. 2025

Nor wine neither fermenting new wine? Moravian winemakers are worried about fungal diseases that can destroy their harvest

Rainy weather has caused wrinkles on the foreheads of Moravian winemakers, who are worried about fungal diseases. The current alternation of rain showers with sunny days in South Moravia is contributing to them.

In Germany, non-alcoholic beer production has doubled in ten years

In neighbouring Germany, non-alcoholic beer production has almost doubled in ten years, a trend that may be related to migration.

Farmers have harvested a fifth of cereals, two thirds last year. The harvest is incurring big delay

This year's harvest is incurring a significant delay than last year. Farmers have been harvesting for about a month and have already cut about a fifth of the cereals while by this time last year they had already harvested almost two thirds of the cereal areas.

Almost a quarter of bee colonies did not survive this winter, automation may be the solution

According to results of the international project COLOSS, which aims to monitor a success of bee wintering, 26% of bee colonies did not survive this winter which is the worst result in the last twelve years. The main reason for this death is a parasitic disease called varroosis, caused by the bee Varroa mite.