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…
Big Dutchman equips welfare barn for 36,000 organic layers with aviary system and anti-mite innovation
Mites love laying hens – a fact which poultry managers hate, because parasites in the poultry house have a negative effect on animal welfare. Additionally, affected hens lay fewer eggs. Ditte and…
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…
Better Insect Solutions cooperates with FarmInsect
Just in time for EuroTier in Hanover, Better Insect Solutions and FarmInsect have signed a cooperation agreement (hall 21, stand F21). The goal: establishing insect farming as an additional…
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…
Covering up to 80 percent of farm energy demand with SunBox
For EuroTier 2022, Big Dutchman presents the new, high-capacity battery storage system SunBox (at the EnergyDecentral trade fair, hall 25, stand M28). The modular system is of industrial-grade quality…
A barn with a view: keeping layers at an altitude of 1,573 metres
Laying eggs where others go on holiday: at an altitude of idyllic 1,537 metres, Luca Crazzolara recently refurbished his old cow barn into a modern poultry house, including a range for the hens. All…