Big Dutchman opens new facility in Araraquara, Brazil
Big Dutchman recently inaugurated its new Brazilian facility in the city of Araraquara, state of Sao Paulo. Nearly BRL 30 million (€ 13 million) were invested in a property with ten hectares (25…
Big Dutchman at the top of DLG-Image-Barometer
In its recent Image Barometer 2010, the DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts- Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society) reports Big Dutchman as the industry leader in the area of “technology livestock…
Electronic sow feeding system earns Seal of Approval
The American Humane Association (USA) has awarded the Seal of Approval for Humane Equipment to Big Dutchman’s CallMatic 2 electronic sow feeding system (ESF). Electronic sow feeding systems allow…
Founder of Big Dutchman Turns 100 Years Old
Jack DeWitt, the original “Big Dutchman”, turned 100 years old on January 30th, 2011. In 1938 Jack and his brother Dick DeWitt founded Big Dutchman and together they would design, develop, and sell…
Pig production: less work, more piglets
Big Dutchman has just signed an agreement for the distribution of two key products of the Canadian pig equipment manufacturer Conception Ro-Main in certain markets: the Contact-O-Max boar cart and…
Automatic birth monitoring with SowCam
One of the trendsetting Big Dutchman innovations at EuroTier 2010 is the new SowCam system for automatic birth monitoring of sows in the farrowing pen. This is made possible by combining a standard…
SmartAir reduces exhaust air treatment costs in pig houses
At this year’s EuroTier, Big Dutchman will present a new ventilation concept which can reduce exhaust air treatment costs in pig houses by up to 50%. “With our SmartAir concept we can create two…
Sow management: QuigTag speeds up and simplifies data entry on a PDA
Mobile mini computers, so called PDAs or palmtop computers, have long since found their way into the pig house. Their use, however, is often made more difficult because of the rather small display and…
SonoCheck for group housing of sows: stress free pregnancy check
Good news for pig producers and their pigs: Big Dutchman’s newly developed SonoCheck is a device for automatic pregnancy checking of sows in group housing which reduces the stress of ultrasound…
Pig house control from a single source piece
At last the confusing varieties of different computer software for pig houses are a thing of the past: with BigFarmNet, Big Dutchman is launching a completely new technology in which all house…