Press releases
With effect from 1 April 2023, Bernd Meerpohl, long-term Chairman of the Board of Management of Big Dutchman AG, will be succeeded by Dr. Frank Hiller. Bernd Meerpohl takes over the position of Chairman of…
The 2022 World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare and Food Health, co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the China Association for the Promotion of International…
Effective immediately, Big Dutchman is the global distribution partner for the OptiMarker and OptiScan weighing solutions by Hölscher + Leuschner. The two companies have signed a corresponding agreement. “The…
The Havito birth-to-finish pig housing concept has been named DLG Agrifuture Concept Winner 2022 during the EuroTier show. In the Havito system, a joint development of Big Dutchman and Bröring Pig Partner, the…
Just in time for EuroTier in Hanover, Better Insect Solutions and FarmInsect have signed a cooperation agreement (hall 21, stand F21). The goal: establishing insect farming as an additional money-making…
PigCounter Portable puts an end to the time-consuming task of counting pigs manually when they are moved. The innovative camera system records the number of pigs automatically during sale or relocation…
Straw bedding in pig houses is gaining in importance, not least for animal welfare reasons. With OlliGES, Big Dutchman has developed a straw robot for the time- and labour-intensive job of dispersing bedding in…
For EuroTier 2022, Big Dutchman presents CaveControl, the first smart two-zone climate control system. Pig managers can save valuable heating energy while offering their stock a better air quality and therefore…
Big Dutchman has enhanced the new, animal-friendly AGILO group housing system for lactating sows and presents the first farrowing frame with free-access function for AGILO at EuroTier 2022. With the new…
Big Dutchman has developed a new feature for its 310pro climate computer to be used in pig houses that meet the requirements of the German management types 3 (“Outside climate”) and 4 (“Premium”). Airflows in…