Member Profile Grand River Bean

Grand River Bean: 30 Years of Family-Owned Agribusiness Success

Grand River Bean is a family owned and operated bean processing company celebrating 30 years of agribusiness in the Northwest corner of Brant County. Six family members spanning two generations are providing guidance for future growth and opportunities.

Dry edible bean, IP and seed soybean are the company’s mainstay commodities processed, graded and packaged. These beans are grown in rotation on their own farm’s acres in

North Brant and east Oxford counties, but volumes are also purchased from select growers in southern central Ontario. Beans of various types and qualities are stored and maintained in up to 35 different grain storage silos.

Throughout the year as food packaging or canning clients purchase and request deliveries, products are sorted and graded to rigid specifications.

Some of the specialized machines utilized in the cleaning process are density gravity sorters, optical sorters and polishers. Daily van trailers and or export sea containers leave the site for customers not only in North America, but also to global destinations.

Throughout the world, pulse crops consumption is increasing. Beans are a natural go to for an inexpensive, healthy protein source in today’s health-conscious diets.

The Cruickshank family is proud to be a Brant based company and are excited to be a link for local crops to export markets.

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MILLARD ROUSE & ROSEBRUGH LLP, 96 NELSON STREET, BRANTFORD, 519.759.3511

PARTNERS:

M.J. Dixon, CPA, CA • R.D. Sciannella CPA, CA, CBV • H.C. Johnston CPA, CA • S.E. Goodwin, CPA, CA

•D.A. Cleary, CPA, CGA, CFI • S.D. Klein, CPA, CA • G.S. Gravett, CPA, CA • S.A. Salole, CPA, CA

•J.B. Baetz, CPA, CA • R.W. Storoschuk, CPA, CA • S.W. McGaghran, CPA, CA • J.E. Chowhan, CPA, CA

• P.E. Merrylees, CPA, CA • J.A. Laporte, CPA, CA • R.A. Parker, CPA, CGA, CFI • G.M. Malecki, CPA, CA

• Q.E. Bateson-Hotte, CPA, CA, LPA • W.A. Deane, CPA, CA

ASSOCIATES:

B.Y. Brenneman, CPA, CA • C.J. Storoschuk, CPA, CA • K.B. Weames, CPA, CA • D.E. Paxton, CPA, CA

•M.M. Malecki, CPA CA • N.T. Nguyen, CPA CA • S.C. Dykstra, CPA CA • Wes. E.B. Caldwell, CPA CA

• T.W. Schein, CPA, CA