This week’s videos detail the drought in Brazil affecting their corn crop, as well as planting, weather and pricing trends for the U.S. Corn Crop. We also discuss the planting pace for beans, weather trends, and the pace of the U.S. soybean crush as well as domestic use of soybean meal and oil.

Click on the links below to view the reports.

• Corn
• Beans

Hensall Co-op is pleased to announce our new Bright Futures Scholarship program. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide post-secondary assistance to students who are entering their first year of post-secondary education and have shown a career interest in agriculture or a field or trade that will advance rural communities and economies.

Three Scholarships of $2,500 each will be awarded to students who are children or grandchildren of individuals who were a member of Hensall Co-op as of March 1 of the year of application, individuals who had a controlling interest in an entity that was a member as of that date or a Hensall Co-op employee as of the date of application. Full details and application are available through this link:

Bright Futures 

To be considered for a Scholarship, applicants must complete an application and submit it to Hensall Co-op (marketing@hdc.on.ca) by August 1st of the year of application. 

We have incredible staff who take active interest in their communities. It is this community spirit that makes working at Hensall Co-op a rewarding experience. This time we salute our General Manager, Animal Nutrition, Reta Byvelds: 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/ont-woman-dresses-up-dogs-in-hilarious-costumes-every-week-during-pandemic-for-ltc-residents-1.5405793

Do you know a not-for-profit community based initiative you think is worthy of a $10,000 donation from Hensall Co-op? We have introduced our Strong Communities Initiative and are calling for nominations for our 2021 outlay.

The key criteria are as follows:

• Applications are accepted from Canadian Community-based not-for-profit organizations in the Hensall Co-op trading area that support the broader community

• Funding of a project that will have a long term impact on the community (i.e, not for normal operations)

• Project has a clear and measurable benefit to the community

• The project fills a strong need in the community; not for the benefit of a single individual

• The organization has demonstrated that they can sustain the initiative to the end of the project

• Priority will be given to organizations that have not received a large scale sponsorship/donation in the past 5 years

• Our employees have identified that Community Health and Healthy living are important to them, therefore, we will give priority to projects in the area of Health and Healthy living

• The organization must also be registered with Canada Revenue Agency as a charity, have a bank account in its own name and have been operating for over 12 months

More details related to eligibility criteria are outlined in the application which is available here:

Strong Communities

The deadline for application is May 31, 2021. 

Announcing our 2nd Annual Photo Contest

with a Contest! 

Post a photo of a farm dog and email to marketing@hdc.on.ca. 

We will randomly select a winner on April 15th. 

The winner will receive a YETI Rambler.

Full contest rules and entry form are here.

RealAgriculture, in partnership with Hensall Co-op is pleased to present Edible Bean School. The second episode - Weed Control Strategies for Top Yields is now available at https://www.realagriculture.com/2021/04/edible-bean-school-weed-control-strategies-for-top-yields/

The Crop Services team have been hard at work creating videos that explain services and production tips to help farmers. The site can be visited by following the link at www.hensallco-op.ca/crop-services or directly through  https://vimeopro.com/hensallcoop/agronomy

The women at Hensall Co-op #ChooseToChallenge on International Women's Day 2021, a global day of recognition celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and girls, and raising awareness of the work left to be done. 

Last week, we wrote a letter to the Minister of Labour of Canada demanding action to avert the threatened strike at the Port of Montreal. Canada’s reputation as a reliable provider of foodstuffs is being threatened by our inability to resolve the ongoing issues at our ports and on our railways.

Read our letter here

Another strike will be disastrous for Canadian Agriculture and Canadian Farmers.  Please add your voice and tell Ottawa it is time to stop the strike before it is too late. You can call or send a letter to your MP.  You can also send a message through this website:  https://stopthestrike.ca

We have been patient as we have waited for over 25 months for a resolution to the dispute between the Port and its workers. It is difficult to imagine there will be a negotiated settlement. Please encourage the Government of Canada to employ every available mechanism to ensure the continuation of vital value-added container trade through the Port of Montreal.

The Poultry and Dairy teams at Hensall Co-op have been creating a series of informative videos to assist farmers with common and not so common production question that may arise. They have been assembled on a video site that is accessible through a link at https://hensallco-op.ca/Animal-Nutrition.htm or directly at https://vimeopro.com/hensallcoop/animal-nutrition