With generations of innovation, research and experience, New Zealand Hops delivers the highest-quality, most-diverse offering of hop cultivars from New Zealand to partners throughout the world. Turnover: $35m to $40m Staff numbers: 15 full-time and 15 seasonal during harvest processing/packaging Compound annual growth rate: At co-op level 9.25% on gross average sales price return per kilogram over the past six years. Export: 70% of revenue was sourced from exports from the 2019 crop, with the main markets being US, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Kim McGlashen is familiar with agricultural boom and bust cycles, given his family has grown hops for five generations and has one of the country’s largest hop operations at over 110 hectares.
The industry has been booming for several years on the back of a global trend to “hop
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