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Birds on the floor and on the levels of the aviary system

Slovak egg producer moves layers from enriched colony system to Big Dutchman classic for animal welfare

“The excellent production results of the NATURA Step aviary speak for themselves”

Slovaks like to eat eggs: in 2016, they ate 212 per head. For many years, the country in East Central Europe has been in the upper mid-range regarding its preference for food rich in protein. Eugen Ruttkay from...

The dual-purpose chicken: the future of poultry production?

Researchers present results of a project for improved animal welfare in poultry production

Is the so-called dual-purpose chicken an alternative to conventional chicken breeds? Researchers investigated this question within the recently completed “Integhof” cooperative project. Big Dutchman was one of...

Formation of dust and ideas for its reduction in modern egg production

Reducing the dust load, protecting the health

When considering dust formation, the air quality in layer houses has not improved after the switch to barn egg and free range egg production, which was driven by society and politicians. The changeover of egg...

Ulf Meyer, Jean-Luc Guénic, Frank Moormann

“The acquisition enables us to further and permanently strengthen our presence in the Pays de la Loire region."

Big Dutchman acquires French distributor Matavicol Industrie

The Big Dutchman group from Vechta, Germany, has taken over one of its long-term distribution partners in France. “Matavicol Industrie, based in Le Theil-de-Bretagne, department Ille-et-Vilaine (35), which is...

Big Dutchman equips two poultry houses with the classic NATURA 60 aviary

“Cool Eggs” from Markovice in the Czech Republic

About 100 km east of Prague, in Markovice, Unikom a.s. operates a layer farm. Unikom is committed to producing high-quality eggs labelled as “Cool Eggs” (Pohodová vejce), based on the long tradition and modern...

Proagro Nymburk a.s. remodels barns: efficient and modern egg production in Natura 60 aviaries

Czech Republic: “golden eggs” from barn egg production

Proagro Nymburk a.s. from Nymburk in the Czech Republic produces and distributes pork and poultry meat as well as eggs. To meet the demand for more welfare in poultry production and to be consistent with EU...

Modern breeder management to contribute to self-sufficiency: twelve more houses planned

President of Nigeria inaugurates 32 new poultry houses equipped by Big Dutchman

Nigeria finds itself in a dilemma: the low oil price negatively affects the second largest economy in Africa with its many natural resources, causing an economic crisis, while the population is growing rapidly...

NATURA Filia rearing aviary: French poultry keepers transform enriched colony system into school

60,000 pullets learn for life

Christelle and Bruno Le Parc from Priziac (department 56), about 100 km east of Brest in Brittany, have transformed one of their poultry houses: where they once kept their layers in enriched colony systems,...

Image of the ammonia sensor in a broiler house

New: Keeping poultry farmers up-to-date on ammonia concentrations

“The DOL 53 ammonia sensor performed extremely well”

Good news from the USA: independent trials of the renowned University of Georgia have confirmed the high accuracy of the DOL 53 ammonia sensor. The sensor developed for use in animal husbandry is distributed...

Analysing production data with FarmBookpro

Interview with Big Dutchman product manager Daniel Proetel

“Farmers are not yet sufficiently aware of the benefits of digitization and data sharing”

Data as a method of payment for better advice? According to Daniel Proetel, this concept might just be the near future. The Big Dutchman product manager for innovative software solutions provides a fresh...