Broiler production: Iceland’s largest poultry producer uses Big Dutchman equipment
With a view of the Hekla volcano and located some 75 kilometres south-east of Reykjavík, Icelandic poultry producer Reykjagarður hf recently inaugurated a new broiler house in Ásmundarstaðir, near…
Weighing broiler breeders during egg laying – stress-free!
Big Dutchman introduces Nesca 2.0, a currently unique solution for broiler breeder managers: the nest-integrated scale determines the females’ weight automatically, every time they visit the nest to…
Travelling together: Big Dutchman CEO Steffen Bersch and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bernd Meerpohl, visit the subsidiary in Poland
Big Dutchman generates around 30 % of its turnover in Europe. CEO Steffen Bersch recently visited several countries in the region for the first time, accompanied by the Chairman of the Supervisory…
Big Dutchman pioneer Bo Molin has passed away
He was a pioneer, a mentor, a role model. But above all, he was a very fine person. On 26 July, Bo Edvard Måns Molin passed away at the age of 87 in his home country Sweden.
Organic broiler rearing and growing: equipment for healthy birds
Poultry farmer Marcel Erkel recently started operating two new houses for organic broiler farming in the town of Wetter in central Germany: one house for rearing, one house for production. Both houses…
Egg production: from (hatching) egg to (commercial) egg – one aviary concept for all phases of a hen’s life
Rearing and egg production in the same house? For the Claessens-Jenniskens family from the Netherlands, this is not a vision of the future, but reality. Together with Big Dutchman, the innovative egg…
MEA on the rise: agriculture with great potential for the future
An impressive figure indicates how important the Middle East & Africa region is for the future of agriculture: 👉 60 % of the unused arable land worldwide is located in Africa.
FlexLED HO: highly flexible house lighting
Sows, piglets or finishing pigs: the lighting conditions in pig houses significantly affect the well-being of the animals – which means that the technology must meet complex demands. Big Dutchman’s…
Sow management: impressive livestock project in Poland inaugurated
The Gobarto Group recently opened an exceptional sow management facility in Poland. The turn-key farm is one of the most modern in the country – with buildings, housing equipment and expertise from…
Jan Schomaker to become Head of Region MEA
He knows the region like the back of his hand: Jan Schomaker has been appointed Head of Region Middle East & Africa (MEA). He has been part of the Big Dutchman family since 2010, most recently as…