Glen Arum Farms

ABOUT US

Glen Arum Farms was established in 1891 in the lush Balgowan area of the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. Owen Kemp, successful property developer and business mogul who was behind the Plantations Estate and Balmoral in the Hillcrest area, took ownership of the historic farm in 1992. Initially the farm was established as a hobby with 1000 laying hens’ eggs delivered to various markets from the back of a bakkie. On identifying a consumer market need for a superior quality egg in Kwa Zulu-Natal, Owen and his team set their goals to grow the farm’s hen holding and overall output to meet this demand.

Glen Arum Farms now boasts 640 000 hens under its farming operation and is a key supplier of eggs to a wide range of FMCG retail groups, including large corporate brands like Checkers, Spar and Pick ‘n Pay, to name but a few. The catering and consumable foods industry expressed interest in a consistent and sustainable liquid egg supply so Owen moved to launch Elderberry in 2004, now known as EggTech.

Eggtech has gone on to become a major producer and supplier of a staggering 150 tons of Pasteurised Liquid Egg (PLE) every month to the South African food production and FMCG industries.

Through consistent, quality-driven supply processes, strategic management and a deep understanding of consumers’ needs, Glen Arum Farms now boasts several entities under its umbrella. The various divisions include Glen Arum Veggies ; Hazelmere Farm - the pullet rearing division, Impangele and Kemmel Farms that make up its laying operations. Glen Arum Farms is also home to the largest layer house in South Africa. It also has its own HACCP approved pack house as well as an independent distribution warehouse from where its fleet of over 20 trucks distribute their products nationally. The combined total egg production is an astounding 17 million dozen per annum.  

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

HAZELMERE FARM

Owned and run under the Glen Arum Farms brand and situated in the hills of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, Hazelmere Farm comprises of four brooding houses as well as eight pullet rearing houses and operates as the pullet rearing division of Glen Arum Farms. With a capacity for 420 000 birds at any given time, Hazelmere Farm is able to rear 800 000 birds per annum from “day olds” to “point of lays”. With an extremely strict vaccination programme and state of the art rearing houses, Hazelmere takes pride in being amongst the highest quality producers and suppliers of point of lays available in South Africa.

IMPANGELE FARM

Comprising of eighteen-layer houses, Impangele Farm is the main layer unit under Glen Arum. With a holding of 400 000 layer hens, Impangele Farm produces around 350 000 eggs daily and an astonishing 10 million dozen eggs every single year. All the farm's egg collection is done by inline egg conveyors that feed directly into Impangele’s cutting edge HACCP approved pack station.

The Warehouse distributes eggs nationally by Glen Arum Farms fleet of over 20 trucks. The entire operation's feed is supplied by a mill situated on the farm with a capacity of 2 000 tons per month. The unprocessed raw materials are outsourced and then mixed feed and transported to the layer houses by tractors, feed carts and bulk truck tankers.

KEMMEL FARM

Boasting the largest layer hen house in South Africa, Kemmel Farm has a holding of 240 000 layer hens at any given time. All egg production achieved at Kemmel is transported daily to the neighbouring Impangele sister farm where it undergoes a rigorous grading process on the Diamond 2000 grading machine. With this technology on hand, a grading capacity of up to 44 000 eggs per hour is managed and eight variable pack configurations catered for. With the addition of Kemmel’s cutting edge modern layer houses, Glen Arum Farms is able to consistently achieve an annual output of over 7 million dozen superior quality eggs for South African consumers.

VEGGIES

On just under 25 hectares of irrigated farm land, Glen Arum Veggies grow and harvest a wide range of fresh vegetables seasonably ranging from cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, peppers, butternut, lettuce and beetroot for wholesale supply. Direct-from-farm to wholesalers, Glen Arum Veggies are quality and freshness assured.

EGGTECH

EggTech commenced business in 2004 and specialises in liquid egg processing. EggTech is one of a few manufacturers in South Africa that can offer liquid and frozen liquid (whole, yolk and albumen) egg products from one single facility which sees the eggs broken, pasteurized, frozen, packaged and distributed around South Africa. A solid reputation has been built around delivering high-quality egg products at competitive prices. This is the culmination of many years’ experience in the egg industry and the current technology creates a modern, clean, and efficient egg processing facility. The Glen Arum Farms In-house Quality Assurance Lab ensures the strictest standards for hygiene are maintained as well as consistency in product.