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A former dairy farm in a secluded valley on the fringe of Nelson Lakes National Park is set to become New Zealand's biggest hop garden.

Published in Management
Wednesday, 09 November 2022 09:25

Crafting the best hops

Mac Hops director, Brent McGlashen, is a fifth-generation farmer on his family farm in Nelson.

Published in Management
Monday, 10 February 2020 12:49

Former Nelson dairy farm hopping into a new life

A 175ha dairy farm in Kohatu, Tapawera, 52km west of Nelson, sold in October 2018 for conversion to a hop garden, is another example of change in land use driving sales of rural property.

Published in Agribusiness
Friday, 13 September 2019 11:30

Investors hopping into horticulture

Low interest rates are driving record enquiries for cash yielding real assets, says the rural syndicate property investor MyFarm Investments.

Published in General News
Friday, 10 October 2014 15:34

Hop Lab to brew better beers

PLANT & Food Research, in partnership with NZ Hops and Chris Little Engineering, have formally opened a new research brewery at the company's Motueka site.

The 'Hop Lab' has been designed to allow the hops breeding team the ability to create experimental trial brews from promising new hop cultivars in order to evaluate sensory characteristics.

Published in General News

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