About Unco Industries, Inc.
We at Unco Industries have been in the worm farming business for over 30 years. Initially, Tom Chapman, who is the current President, and his original partner had set out raising redworms in wooden beds for bait in an old dairy barn.
The man who had gotten Chapman and his partner started in worm farming, was producing redworms himself at the time. After some time, Chapman came to the conclusion that the best way to proceed was for him to buy out his original partner and to expand the operation.
Approximately three years passed and the operation grew. Chapman realized that without a better production system which could provide cost accounting methodology, accurate knowledge of inventory, maximum and consistent growth and reproduction rates, they would never truly be a business. For these reasons, Tom decided to develop a better worm growing system. A professional, accountable and technologically systematic method which could operate comparably to any other successful manufacturing process.
Experience had taught them that there were FEW REAL markets for redworms, it was nightcrawlers that held a major market. The Canadian or native nightcrawler, due to slow regeneration and a need for expensive refrigeration, cannot be raised commercially in captivity. Therefore, they searched for and obtained what they felt would be the best worm suitable for captive reproduction, and named it the Cultured nightcrawler.
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Now that they had a nightcrawler which was very prolific, a new worm growing system was developed. A system that put the worm grower in complete control and allowed for not only maximum growth and reproduction but can consistently produce those results. This system has been only slightly modified since its completion more than 26 years ago. It is the ONLY SYSTEM that provides all of the basic manufacturing principles. No other system has the ability to accurately calculate costs, inventory and be non-deviational on a commercial scale. Their experience and market research showed them the amazing unserviced potential in the live bait industry. This applies to not only nightcrawlers, but to several of their by-products such as worm castings and live cocoons.
In 1983, Unco Industries moved to their present facility which has multiple offices, climate controlled growing rooms and a large harvesting and bagging area. Unco continued to expand the worm farming operation and added new automated equipment. In 1986, Unco added an additional building with 6,000 square feet of space. This ongoing process allows us to test different pieces of equipment and methods to help us and others become as efficient as possible with no wasted time and effort.
It is our goal at Unco Industries, Inc. to give you the straight facts about the commercial worm farming industry. Worm growing has tremendous potential but is most definitely not as easy as some people will lead you to believe. You owe it to yourself to investigate carefully and get all the facts you can. Good luck on your VENTURE INTO VERMICULTURE. I hope that your venture into the UNCO world of worm growing will be interesting and informative and we hope to work with you in the future. REMEMBER!! GET INDEPENDENT PROOF of things you read or are told. DO NOT just believe.
