Requirements for ventilation systems in aviary houses
Ventilation systems in aviary houses today look much like those used in broiler houses. This means that requirements are higher, demanding more knowledge and better skills from everyone involved. …
Kipster – probably the world’s most animal-friendly and environmentally sound layer house
A poultry house for 27,000 layers as the world has never seen one before was recently erected near Venlo in the Netherlands. The building barely looks like a poultry house and is an eye-catcher in…
World Farm Animal Welfare Conference held in China
On October 12-13, 2017, The World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare and the 5th China Animal Welfare Forum on Quality and Safety of Meat and Poultry Products were held in Hanzhou, Zhejiang Province.…
Big Dutchman innovation receives a special award
Big Dutchman’s new welfare product for laying hens, PickPuck, is especially innovative. This result from an independent jury was recently announced on the occasion of the 2017 SPACE, the leading…
Big Dutchman innovations on display at SPACE 2017
Big Dutchman looks forward to introducing several innovations at this year's SPACE. One of them is the alarm device AC Touch. With the new system extension “Cross-Check” of the AC Touch alarm unit, it…
PickPuck awarded two Innov'SPACE innovation stars
Big Dutchman looks forward to introducing several innovations at this year’s SPACE. One of these is the pendulum PickPuck for barn and free-range egg production. A jury, consisting of well-known…
Canada: egg producers start free range egg production
Canadian egg producers are facing a great adjustment. The shift from traditional egg production systems to other types of management is a done deal. In view of this new era for egg producers, the…
Great Britain changing lanes: barn egg production or free range egg production?
Great Britain is currently experiencing many changes, political and otherwise. One of them specifically concerns many egg producers in the country. In addition to the challenges posed by the Brexit,…
New Technology wins the Future!
The Animal Husbandry Innovation and Development Summit hosted by Big Dutchman, the world-leading supplier of livestock equipment, was successfully held at Grand Metropark Ocean Spring Resort Qingdao,…
Future Concepts for the Chinese Market
The 15th China Animal Husbandry Expo (CAHE 2017) was successfully held at Qingdao International Expo Center in Qingdao, Shandong, China, from 18 to 20 May 2017. As a recognized leading company in the…