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…
Albanbek Ustabaev: travelling the Silk Road for Big Dutchman
Honour to whom honour is due: Albanbek Ustabaev from Kyrgyzstan has been working for Big Dutchman for more than ten years. For his loyalty, he was recently honoured at the equipment supplier’s Central…
Poultry house inauguration: room for 250,000 laying hens in Latvia
What a great success: on 8 May, APF Holdings opened two new layer houses with Big Dutchman equipment in Alūksne (German: Marienburg), Latvia. On three levels, the two houses have room for 125,000…
Visitors from Montana: “We speak German at home”
Last week, Big Dutchman welcomed a special group of visitors to the headquarters in Calveslage: farmers from the US state of Montana. Big Dutchman employees who talked to the visitors were in for a…