Market insights and technologies in the field of welfare farming of laying hens, broilers and pigs
The 2022 World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare and Food Health, co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the China Association for the Promotion of…
Egg production: newcomer named Germany’s best poultry manager 2022
In 2019, Holger Hogt from Itterbeck in the northwest of Germany decided to switch from pig production to egg production. Just three years later, in 2022, the Big Dutchman customer scored a podium…
Low energy consumption, a sustainable manufacturing process and robustness during use
Lights on in the barn – while also saving energy? With LED technology, this vision does not have to remain a dream. LED lamps are much more than just a piggy bank, however. The manufacturing process…
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Big Dutchman now global distribution partner for OptiMarker and OptiScan by Hölscher + Leuschner
Effective immediately, Big Dutchman is the global distribution partner for the OptiMarker and OptiScan weighing solutions by Hölscher + Leuschner. The two companies have signed a corresponding…
EuroTier 2022: Big Dutchman and Bröring receive award for pig housing concept
The Havito birth-to-finish pig housing concept has been named DLG Agrifuture Concept Winner 2022 during the EuroTier show. In the Havito system, a joint development of Big Dutchman and Bröring Pig…
PigCounter Portable: a revolution in pig counting
PigCounter Portable puts an end to the time-consuming task of counting pigs manually when they are moved. The innovative camera system records the number of pigs automatically during sale or…
Poultry production: from poultry manure to pellets
For poultry production to be environmentally sound and save resources, manure produced by laying hens and heavier poultry must be treated in a manner that makes economic and ecological sense. Manure…
Intelligent, automatic and accurate: OllliGES distributes straw in pig houses with bedding
Straw bedding in pig houses is gaining in importance, not least for animal welfare reasons. With OlliGES, Big Dutchman has developed a straw robot for the time- and labour-intensive job of dispersing…
CaveControl: two-zone control is now intelligent
For EuroTier 2022, Big Dutchman presents CaveControl, the first smart two-zone climate control system. Pig managers can save valuable heating energy while offering their stock a better air quality and…
First free-access function for the group farrowing system „AGILO“
Big Dutchman has enhanced the new, animal-friendly AGILO group housing system for lactating sows and presents the first farrowing frame with free-access function for AGILO at EuroTier 2022. With the…