Hanghøj Agro farms about 1,600 hectares on Mors and has more than 1,800 sows in farrow-to-finish production. They also bale large volumes of straw and do custom work. With 28 employees spread across fields, barns and machines, every hour has to end up correctly on the paycheck, work has to be allocated to the right tasks and properties, and straw, grain and seed have to be tracked in storage. They handle all of that with FarmBackup Task, while FarmBackup's GPS tracker system is used for fleet management and an overview of the machines.
From 281 hectares to one of the large farm businesses on Mors
Heine Kjeldgaard bought Hanghøj Svineproduktion in February 2016. Back then it had 281 hectares and 550 sows, selling feeder pigs at 30 kg. From the start, he has focused on knowing his costs down to the smallest detail and on having stable, happy employees who thrive and grow.
In 2024, Hanghøj Agro A/S was established, and with farm investor Søren Rasmussen among the owners, the business has grown significantly in both crop farming and hog production. Today Hanghøj Agro farms about 1,600 hectares and follows the pigs all the way from the farrowing barn until they are ready for market. Hanghøj Agro has a clear vision: "We want to be Denmark's best-run farm business."
When you have hogs, crop farming, a large straw operation and custom work, it's easy to lose track. FarmBackup gives us the overview we need.
The situation before FarmBackup
For a farm business this large, one that bales a lot of straw, does custom work and runs a large crop and hog operation, it used to be hard to keep the overview. It was a particular headache for the people in the office, who had to try to piece together an overview from a lot of records filled out in different places. It was heavy manual work, and the risk of errors was higher.
The situation today with FarmBackup
Today Hanghøj Agro has brought the records from all four lines of business together in FarmBackup. FarmBackup Task is used for payroll, time spent on tasks and properties, custom work and storage management, while FarmBackup's GPS tracker system is used for internal coordination and overview, and for quality assurance of the custom work.
Payroll with pay agreements
Employees log their hours in the FarmBackup Task app, and the pay agreements automatically allocate them to the right pay rates and show, for example, whether each person has worked more or less than their agreed standard hours. The hours are ready when payroll is run, and the office no longer has to add up hours from different places. In the app, employees have their own overview of their records.
Time spent on tasks and properties
Much of the work at Hanghøj Agro takes place in the barns, spread across several properties. Employees log their time against both a task and a property, for example which barn they worked in. That way Hanghøj Agro can see where the time goes and what each property and each task costs in hours. It is a good fit for a business that has focused on knowing its costs down to the smallest detail from the start.
Custom work from job sheet to invoice
When Hanghøj Agro works for other farms, employees record the work on a job sheet in the app. The customer's fields are pulled in simply by entering the customer's CVR number, so the employee can see the field boundary, crop, area and field number and get directions straight to the field. The job sheets reach the office right away and are used directly to invoice the customer.
Map-based storage management of straw, grain and seed
Hanghøj Agro uses FarmBackup's new map-based storage management to keep track of straw, grain and seed from field to storage. Both the office and the employees can follow along on the computer and in the app, so everyone knows what is out in the fields and how much is in each storage location.
The map-based storage management has just received 3 stars from Agromek and the title European Novelty 2026.
The GPS tracker system
Hanghøj Agro's tractors, combines and other self-propelled machines have a GPS tracker from FarmBackup, which mounts easily directly on the battery. Implements without a battery can get a beacon. On the live map and the historical route map in both the app and on the web, the office and the employees can see where the machines are and where they have been. With fields, barns and customers spread over a large area, this makes internal coordination much easier day to day.
The trackers also automatically record where and when the machines have been operating. When Hanghøj Agro does custom work, they use this to quality-assure the work and document to the customer what has been done.
