Current news about pig equipment and feeding systems and the Big Dutchman world

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ActiWel

New variable-restraint pen

Easy to open: the farrowing frame is very easy to open and to close in just four steps.

Xaletto

The revolutionary straw bedding concept

No odours, no slurry – tested in practical life with 6,000 animal places.

piglets on hay and straw at pig breeding farm

PureLine

Animal-friendly. Economic.

May we present: PureLine. Practical solutions for animal-friendly and sustainable pig production.

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CULINACUP & CULINAFLEX

Feeding suckling pigs successfully

CulinaCup and CulinaFlex now help you to provide piglets in the farrowing pen with milk replacers and liquid prestarters automatically and continuously.

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Complete system CompoLiner released for worldwide sale

Poultry production | Pig production: Big Dutchman innovation processes residues quickly and fully automatically

Composting dry poultry excrement, broiler manure or separated pig slurry fully automatically is now possible: with the CompoLiner from Big Dutchman. After developing and testing the innovation for several years...

Farmer in a long aisle with pens to the left and to the right

“I am very happy, and with an expansion like this one, it makes sense to continue working with established systems.”

Animal-friendly electronic sow feeding system CallMatic feeds sows individually and as required

Danish farmer Jeppe Bloch from Vejen, 100 kilometres north of the German border, recently expanded his sow house to add 850 places. The long building, with a seamless connection between old and new part, now...

Front end of a barn filled with brushwood

Low emissions in pig and poultry production: how exhaust air washers decimate ammonia, odours and dust

“Most systems work like a washing machine”

Poultry and pig production are an important component of livestock farming in Germany. The country’s poultry houses keep 147 million birds, while the count of pigs amounts to nearly 27 million. Since stock...

Bernd Kuhlencord passes away

Valued consultative partner, expert and advisor

We mourn our former managing director and long-time companion Bernd Kuhlencord. We have lost a fine man and a great colleague. His passing affects all of us very deeply. For decades, Bernd Kuhlencord...

How to use nutrients in a sustainable and cost-efficient manner

Slurry to water!

Slurry is an important part of agriculture and considered the best nutrient for the crop on the fields. The problem is: reconciling a sound nutrient balance with the farm’s requirements is often a big challenge...

A democratic, united Europe needs our votes and our voices.

Joint Call for Europe ahead of the European elections in May 2019

The Big Dutchman Board of Management has asked the group’s employees to vote in the 2019 European Parliament elections. All staff received the following message: "Dear colleagues, European elections are held...

History, functionality, perspective: in an interview, “fathers” talk about their “baby”

The fully automatic feeding system for suckling pigs CulinaFlexpro is very popular

Successfully managing large litters can be quite a challenge for sow managers. The farmers make use of various methods to foster underweight and surplus piglets. They move their “little patients” to sows with...

No odours, no slurry – and tested in practical life with 6,000 animal places

The Xaletto straw bedding concept is the innovation of the year 2019

Xaletto, the straw bedding concept for closed houses developed by feed producer Bröring (Dinklage) and equipment supplier Big Dutchman (Vechta) is innovative and fit for practical application: this was...

Sow in the open farrowing frame with piglets

ActiWel: for more animal welfare in sow management

New variable-restraint pen is very easy to handle

“Our staff like using them”, “stable and robust” or “great freedom of movement for the sow”: there has been much praise from sow managers for Big Dutchman’s new variable-restraint pen ActiWel. “Feedback from...

No odours, no slurry – tested in practical life with 6,000 animal places

Xaletto: the economic management system for closed houses with straw bedding

Pig equipment supplier Big Dutchman from Vechta and feed producer Bröring (Dinklage) jointly present the new Xaletto management system for closed houses with straw bedding at EuroTier 2018. Xaletto is an...