Brand new: Efficiently filtering PRRS viruses – already out of the incoming air
The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) confronts pig producers throughout the world with big problems: The pandemic disease severely affects the health of their animals. To avoid…
Indiana, USA: Adding barn egg production to meet customers’ needs
Until approximately five years ago, all of Midwest Poultry Services’ hens were housed in conventional cages. Today, this has changed fundamentally: For instance at their layer farm in Northeastern…
Big Dutchman on record course with modern pig feeding systems
Clean and robust, practical and precise: These are convincing characteristics of modern pig feeders for finishing houses. More and more pig producers therefore decide on Big Dutchman (BD) automatic…
International Cobb experts visit Big Dutchman
Thirty product consultants from the broiler breeding company Cobb Europe recently attended a one-day intensive seminar at the Big Dutchman headquarters. The focus of the seminar were the products for…
Two new houses for turkey production draw immense interest
The Röben family from Edewecht-Osterscheps in the German Ammerland district has been producing turkeys for the past twelve years. To enlarge the family-owned farm further, two new fattening houses for…
Pig production: Foraging and feeling happy as a pig in muck
Pigs that can root lively generally feel happy as pigs in muck. The Düsse foraging tower allows the pigs a form of occupation appropriate to their species. It ensures increased satisfaction and less…
Poultry production: 20 years of Big Dutchman systems in Romania
Many successful Romanian livestock owners have trusted Big Dutchman poultry equipment and pig equipment in the past 20 years. This significant figure was recently the reason for a celebratory…
Pig production: 20 years of Big Dutchman pig equipment in Romania
Many successful Romanian livestock owners have trusted Big Dutchman poultry and pig equipment in the past 20 years. This significant figure was recently the reason for a celebratory symposium in the…
New pig house including pig equipment for 1,376 animal places
The Meyer-Hanschen family from Twistringen (district of Diepholz in Northern Germany) can trace back the history of their agricultural holding to the year 1349. This is how long it has been family…
200,000 laying hens join the European Union
After the dissolution of former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s only few West Balkan countries have not yet become a member of the European Union (EU). These countries still allow keeping laying hens in…