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Argentina: General Fernández Oro City plans to invest more than US$ 3.5 million in hop production

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Argentina
Published Feb 25, 2022

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Within the framework of the start of the hop harvest, between the end of February and the end of March, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes announced its plan to expand hop production in the town of General Fernández Oro, located in the province of Río Negro. The expansion plan involves an investment of USD 3,500,000 -three million five hundred thousand dollars- and is part of the Investment Plan focused on local production, import substitution and increased exports.

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"This investment will triple the current production volume, generating new jobs, innovation and local development, making Fernández Oro one of the cities with the highest hop production in the country," said Juan Francisco Mitjans, Director of Corporate Affairs at Cervecería and Malter Quilmes. The final objective of the investment is to produce more than 160 tons per year, that is, to triple the current production volume. Different stages are contemplated within the investment plan, the first to be carried out this year and which will mean a substantial increase in production capacity, with major improvements in the hop drying system, new technologies in industrial processes, the incorporation of a drip irrigation system, new productive hectares and new agricultural machinery. In a second and third stage, scheduled for 2023 and 2024, the capacity and quality of the harvest will be increased, with new productive hectares and agricultural machinery. With 30 new jobs, the farm will ...
Source: On24
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