New houses with poultry systems for breeder management
The Agrargesellschaft Schwarz mbH has put into operation two new houses for rearing 39,900 broiler breeders – a first step in the direction of a closed system to be set up. After the inauguration…
Open house with a live look at poultry growing
It was a huge success: Recently, the Schedl family invited 4,000 visitors to an open house on their farm in Bärnau, Germany. The farm fest started with the inauguration of two new buildings for…
Electronic sow feeding system with 25 % price advantage
Big Dutchman electronic sow feeding systems (ESF) have an excellent reputation among sow producers. Now the German housing equipment supplier from Vechta-Calveslage has added a new ESF station to its…
Sow management of 2,600 animals in a closed system
For more than 20 years already, Big Dutchman has supported pig farmers in post-socialist Europe in reconstructing outdated production units. Recently also in Roman in the East of Romania. The company…
Reduced workload in sow management thanks to QuigTag
Sow farmers who successfully want to produce piglets always have to have an excellent overview of the production and performance data of their animals. Therefore, mobile computers or tablet PCs in…
Training farmers with Big Dutchman pig equipment
A state-of-the-art training facility for developing pig farmers was recently opened 80 km North of Durban just outside Pietermaritzburg. The Baynesfield Training Academy (BTA) is a joint venture…
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…
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…
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…