Efficient pig climate control systems for Philippine sow farm
The Northern Philippines experience very hot temperatures and pounding typhoons each year – not ideal conditions for raising pigs. Venvi Agro’s 2,400 sow farm in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Province,…
New house for piglet rearing
In the course of succession of generations, Ursula and Hubert Lamping from Essen/Oldenburg in Germany recently decided to invest in a new house for pig rearing. The couple has 500 sows and in the long…
EuroTier 2012: 104 innovations and four silver medals
With six stands, 104 innovations and a stand area of about 3,000 m2, Big Dutchman showed what they are made of at this year's EuroTier. It was the greatest show presence in the history of the group…
Fully “enriched” future in egg production
A new survey indicates that American consumers overwhelmingly support national legislation requiring egg producers to switch to enriched colony housing systems. These provide the laying hens with…
EuroTier 2012: 1 Company, 6 Stands, 104 Innovations
Come and meet the Big Dutchman Group and experience the top global event for livestock farming in Hanover at the world‘s biggest exhibition grounds. On six different stands our experts will present…
MemFis: Manure is converted into water, fertiliser and substrate
With MemFis BD BlueSystems presents an innovative membrane filtration system for use in livestock management which converts manure and fermentation residues into clear water, valuable fertiliser and…
New: Reliable and stress-free oestrus detection in sow management
At EuroTier 2012 Big Dutchman presents a new oestrus detection system which was developed especially for group housing of sows with electronic sow feeding stations as well as for sows in free-movement…
Visiting sequence is an indicator for problems in the house
Sow producers who feed their pigs with an electronic feeding system know: health monitoring of sows in group housing is very important and very labour-intensive. A software extension from Big Dutchman…
LevelCheck determines the capacitive level in the trough accurately to the last millimetre
Traditional trough sensors for liquid feeding in pig production recognise only two states: the trough is full or the trough is empty. With LevelCheck, Big Dutchman now introduces an innovative sensor…
BigLED: Animal-friendly full-spectrum lighting
At this year’s EuroTier Big Dutchman introduces a truly impressive innovation: BigLED is the world’s first full-spectrum lighting system for cage-based broiler growing. An increased share of the blue…