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Steve Redmond is the Hensall District Co-operative's precision ag. specialist, one of 500 employees.
Founded in 1937, the co-operative has 5,000 members and 24 locations in Ontario, plus one location
in Manitoba. In 2016, it had sales of $700 million.
Hensall District Co-op world
leader in edible soybeans
Kelly Daynard
Special to the Postmedia
Network
When you drive into Hen-
sall, just off the shores of
Lake Huron, the elevators at
Hensall District Co-opera-
tive Inc. are the first thing
you see.
Towering over the small
town, they're an indication of
the importance of the busi-
ness to the rural community
- but their significance is
much greater than that.
The Hensall co-operative
is one of the largest agricul-
tural co-operatives in
Ontario and a worldwide
leader in the edible dry bean
and food grade soybean
business.
Its history dates back to
1937 when a group of farm-
ers joined together to form
the South Huron Farmers'
Co-op.
Today, it has a member-
ship of 5,000 and employs
500 people at 25 locations
(24 in Ontario and one in
Manitoba). In 2016, its sales
are projected to reach $700
million.
Most of the 300,000 acres
of beans grown under con-
tract to the co-operative are
identity preserved (IP) soy-
beans and food grade beans
with significant testing and
documentation done from
field to the end user to pro-
tect that designation.
The Hensall co-operative
has always had a strong
commitment to innovation -
both in fields and their facili-
ties - ensuring their farmers
have the latest technology
available to grow the best
crops possible.
Steve Redmond, the com-
pany's precision ag. special-
ist, said, "HDC has access to
some of the world's most
sophisticated UAVs, analytic
software, data and products
to help make decisions on
farms easier."
A team of 25 field market-
ers (most of them Certified
Crop Advisors) are visiting
farmers throughout the
growing season to answer
growers' questions to make
their farming enterprises
more profitable.
Most of the co-operative's
technology uses GPS data to
provide a complete reading
of what's happening in a
field - including soil charac-
teristics, insect, fungal and
weed threats, and environ-
mental pressures.
One example is a fully
online field recording system
called FieldTrace.
It's a secure, web -based
system that enables member
farmers to link their fields to
their crops and contracts, log
product applications and
then access that data from
their computer, tablet or
smart phone.
Year by year, it provides
historical data as well the
documentation required for
IP contracts.
"Through our services, our
team really wants to give our
producers all of the knowl-
edge possible about their
crop management programs
and farming practices to
help increase their crop
quality and crop yields," said
Redmond. "If we do that, we
all come out ahead."
In 2015, a $39 -million
expansion saw much of the
Hensall facility and its
110,000 -square -foot ware-
house become fully
automated.
The packaging plant pro-
cesses 50 metric tons per
hour in totes or 2,100 bags
per hour.
When a pallet is loaded,
signals are sent to one of five
automated guided vehicles
(robots) which will pick it up,
and take it to the proper
warehouse location.
Even the replacement of
batteries in the robots is
done automatically.
In the fall, the receiving
facilities are operational
around the clock with a
receiving capacity across all
locations of four million
bushels per day.
Once cleaned to customer
specifications and pro-
cessed, the beans are
shipped around the world.
Last year, the company's
logistical division shipped
edible beans and food grade
soybeans to 65 different
countries - or approximately
23,000 ocean shipping con-
tainers of edible beans and
food grade soybeans.