Sow management: Preparing for the arrival of 36 electronic feeding stations
More and more large US hog farms are planning to switch from conventional (single animal) gestation crates to group housing of sows. The evidence of good productivity and better sow management…
USA: Enriched colony system for housing of 150,000 hens
Big Dutchman’s AVECH system, which is an Enriched Colony Housing System, was installed and is in operation at J.S. West, Livingston, California. “It meets the animal welfare needs in a variety of ways…
Large mill project with liquid feeding equipment launched
Jonas Hulden of Nedervetil in Finland has decided to produce his own feed mixes at his farm. He farms an area of approximately 300 hectares, located 500 km north-west of Helsinki, and fattens 700…
Croatia: Minister inaugurates new building for 4,000 pigs
Spaces for 4,000 animals are distributed over three very respectable looking new pig housing facilities, in which approximately 12,000 finishing pigs are expected to pass through per year: Željko…
Inauguration of Natura rearing aviary for 84,000 pullets
An internal open day in Eggermühlen, Germany, recently caused great interest among the 300 guests invited by Christiane and Theo Gärke, who built two remarkable new houses for a total number of 84,000…
Open Day attracts many visitors
The new barn for finishing pigs of the Driever family who live in Freren, northern Germany, was recently inaugurated with an Open Day. Numerous interested visitors accepted the invitation to the…
Spain: New house for 150,000 layers
Grupo Avicola la Cresta, one of the most important Spanish egg producers, has increased its bird number in a spectacular way: 150,000 laying hens distributed on seven rows and impressive twelve tiers…
Manure drying tunnel doing a good job
Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level. Thus, it is not surprising that the number of biogas plants is steadily…
Callmatic 2 – new gestation house for 200 pregnant sows
Early in June 2003, a new house for 200 pregnant sows was inaugurated in Denmark. The special feature of this pig house is that no ventilation system has been installed – it is ventilated naturally.…