Study: Broiler growing in colony systems – performance and welfare
The demand for broiler colony systems has been increasing around the globe for the past ten years. Despite the popularity of these systems, there has been a lack of scientifically reliable data –…
Natura Step featuring the Hollywood Hens visits the White House
The Big Dutchman Natura Step aviary and the company’s Hollywood Hens have just returned home to Holland, MI, after a visit to the White House. They had been invited to attend the 136th Easter Egg…
German national goalkeeper inaugurates two houses for broiler production
Clara Woltering from Coesfeld-Lette is a state-certified agriculturist – and a top handball player: She has been keeping goal for Germany's women's handball team since 2003. However, the professional…
Big Dutchman takes over Zucami
The Big Dutchman group based in Vechta-Calveslage is taking over the Spanish poultry equipment supplier Zucami. The company with its headquarters in Beriáin, near Pamplona, recently became insolvent.…
Massive investment in Scottish barn egg production
A desire to add value to grain and get out of pigs has led to a major move into egg production, including barn eggs, at one Scottish farming business. The company initially invested in colony…
Indiana, USA: Adding barn egg production to meet customers’ needs
Until approximately five years ago, all of Midwest Poultry Services’ hens were housed in conventional cages. Today, this has changed fundamentally: For instance at their layer farm in Northeastern…
International Cobb experts visit Big Dutchman
Thirty product consultants from the broiler breeding company Cobb Europe recently attended a one-day intensive seminar at the Big Dutchman headquarters. The focus of the seminar were the products for…
Two new houses for turkey production draw immense interest
The Röben family from Edewecht-Osterscheps in the German Ammerland district has been producing turkeys for the past twelve years. To enlarge the family-owned farm further, two new fattening houses for…
Poultry production: 20 years of Big Dutchman systems in Romania
Many successful Romanian livestock owners have trusted Big Dutchman poultry equipment and pig equipment in the past 20 years. This significant figure was recently the reason for a celebratory…
200,000 laying hens join the European Union
After the dissolution of former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s only few West Balkan countries have not yet become a member of the European Union (EU). These countries still allow keeping laying hens in…