LTH Farms: Finding New Markets for Canola

Troels and Laurie Hansen plan to take their 1,600-acre grain farm to the next level. They want to make it a self-sustaining canola operation that will provide feed and fuel for their farm. The Hansen’s plan is to sell value-added products off the farm and as a future goal, they envision turning their canola into biodiesel to run their machinery.

Plan for Growth:

Process their canola on-farm using a cold crush method.
Purchase a compact oil crusher that will process all of their canola on the farm.
Use meal from canola to feed their 150 cattle and 600 feeder operation.
Market meal to a local feed mill.
Enter new markets with biodiesel.

The Farm Renewal-Makeover Scholarship will assist LTH Farms in processing all of their canola on the farm, as well as for the production of the oil for biodiesel as the technology becomes feasible.

The Hansens
Troels and Laurie, son Justin, eldest daughter Birgette, and youngest daughter Sanne

Other Documents in the Series

More than 120 Producers take Part in AgChoices 2006!
What Participants Had to Say About AgChoices 2006
AgChoices 2006 presents speaker Dr. Boehlje
Dr. Michael Boehlje: The New Business Model
AgChoices 2006 presents speaker Kevin Burns
Kevin Burns' Destiny Manifesto
AgChoices 2006 presents Brian Rhiness, Deputy Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Brian Rhiness: Embracing Opportunities
AgChoices 2006 presents speaker Dan Baker
Dr. Dan Baker: Living a Productive Farm Life
Dr. Dan Baker's 12-Point Plan for Happiness
What Happened at the Ag Info Market
Presentation of Farm Renewal - Makeover Scholarships
Three Farm Renewal - Makeover Scholarships Awarded
Chinook Honey Company: Growth Plans for 2006 and Beyond
LTH Farms: Finding New Markets for Canola - Current Document

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