Understanding the limits of poultry production, improving capabilities
Iran is a major poultry meat and egg producer. With no substitute for protein intake the market is large, but also segregated from most of the world community. Therefore, with more than 50 years of…
New poultry house for free range egg production
Mathias Hoppe from Melle in Lower Saxony (Germany) decided to start egg production on his farm. The young farmer continues his parents Barbara and Hubert Hoppe‘s farm which is also into pig finishing.…
Poultry house for poultry growing attracts many visitors
With a successful open day Tobias Winnige recently inaugurated his ultra-modern poultry house project for poultry growing in Letschin (Brandenburg). The six new buildings, all of which were completely…
Big Dutchman co-founder passes away at age 100
Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, USA, on January 6th, 2012. While Jack was only 24 days away of turning 101, Big…
“Looking beyond one’s own four walls is worth the effort!”
“Every trainee who gets offered such a chance should take it“! Carolin Schlömer was absolutely thrilled when she recently returned from Malaysia where she completed a foreign internship. The young…
New poultry house for organic egg production
Altogether 12,000 laying hens recently moved into the new poultry house built by Iduna and Bernd Sachtjen from Friedeburg in northern Germany. In the course of a modernisation of their farm, the…
Big Dutchman China appoints new area sales manager
Big Dutchman is pleased to announce the promotion of Meng Jin Feng (Linda) to the position of North China area sales manager for the Layer Equipment Division. She is based in Beijing sales office. In…
USA: Enriched colony systems part of Konos‘ expansion
The second fully enriched colony house on a U.S. egg farm was part of a four house expansion for this Michigan egg producer. Konos expanded by around 700,000 layers with the addition of four poultry…
Big Dutchman Annual Sales Conference on Bali, Indonesia
Big Dutchman Asia brought together its Asia Pacific sales team and experts from various divisions of the company for its annual sales conference on the beautiful island of Bali. During the 3-day…
Top marks for innovation and promotion
Big Dutchman has an outstanding reputation amongst agriculturalists in Germany. This is reflected by the latest image barometer of the German Agricultural Society (DLG). The renowned survey has…