Electronic sow feeding system with 25 % price advantage
Big Dutchman electronic sow feeding systems (ESF) have an excellent reputation among sow producers. Now the German housing equipment supplier from Vechta-Calveslage has added a new ESF station to its…
Sow management of 2,600 animals in a closed system
For more than 20 years already, Big Dutchman has supported pig farmers in post-socialist Europe in reconstructing outdated production units. Recently also in Roman in the East of Romania. The company…
Five days of inspiring exchange and learning
Big Dutchman Inc. invited its Latin America sales team to Holland in Michigan, USA for 5 days of inspiring exchange and learning. It was the first meeting of this kind since Mark Larson, Vice…
Reduced workload in sow management thanks to QuigTag
Sow farmers who successfully want to produce piglets always have to have an excellent overview of the production and performance data of their animals. Therefore, mobile computers or tablet PCs in…
Training farmers with Big Dutchman pig equipment
A state-of-the-art training facility for developing pig farmers was recently opened 80 km North of Durban just outside Pietermaritzburg. The Baynesfield Training Academy (BTA) is a joint venture…
Understanding the limits of poultry production, improving capabilities
Iran is a major poultry meat and egg producer. With no substitute for protein intake the market is large, but also segregated from most of the world community. Therefore, with more than 50 years of…
New poultry house for free range egg production
Mathias Hoppe from Melle in Lower Saxony (Germany) decided to start egg production on his farm. The young farmer continues his parents Barbara and Hubert Hoppe‘s farm which is also into pig finishing.…
Pig equipment for modern pig production: Hungarian Big Dutchman representative office is expanding
No matter whether he visits the German Big Dutchman headquarters or his Hungarian customers: Gábor Peresztegi is a well-known expert for Big Dutchman housing equipment as well as a reliable partner…
Big Dutchman co-founder passes away at age 100
Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, USA, on January 6th, 2012. While Jack was only 24 days away of turning 101, Big…
“Looking beyond one’s own four walls is worth the effort!”
“Every trainee who gets offered such a chance should take it“! Carolin Schlömer was absolutely thrilled when she recently returned from Malaysia where she completed a foreign internship. The young…