Our History

The History of Hopkins farming Group

Hopkins Farming Group

The present day Hopkins Farming Group Limited (HFGL) is the culmination of decades of dairy farming expansion and development.

In 1988 the first equity investors joined the Hopkins family through a number of separate farm partnerships creating larger and more efficient dairy farms. This was the start of the Hopkins Farming Group.

As the number of farms increased and expanded in scale, the partnerships evolved into farming companies with equity partners the shareholders.

The business was then restructured to form a single company in order to:
provide for governance, succession and to access operational and overhead synergies.

Founders

John & Elaine Hopkins

John and Elaine Hopkins began with sharemilking in the 1960’s after John emigrated to New Zealand in 1957 from the UK (on board the Captain Hobson). They progressed to farm ownership near Shannon before expanding into the Opiki in the 1980’s.

Located in the wider Manawatu and Rangitikei.

Established through the amalgamation of existing multi-farm dairy business’s, the business now comprises eight pasture-based dairy farms and two drystock/dairy support blocks, predominately in the Manawatu, New Zealand.

HFGL focus for the dairy business is through maximising profit from grass fed milk production. It is operated by an experienced farm business management team and governed by an experienced Board of Directors.