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BigFarmNet bundles flow of digital data under one single roof

Mike Brade from the British Big Dutchman agency Newquip on BigFarmNet, the future-oriented Big Dutchman management software for pig units from one single source. The article was published in the British Pig World magazine (03/2018). In the 1980s and...

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60,000 pullets learn for life

Christelle and Bruno Le Parc from Priziac (department 56), about 100 km east of Brest in Brittany, have transformed one of their poultry houses: where they once kept their layers in enriched colony systems, pullets now learn how to fly and jump in...

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BigFarmNet statistics tool for sow managers: monitoring the entire production cycle

Thanks to digitalisation: at EuroTier 2018, Big Dutchman presents the first statistics tool for sow managers. Sow Feeding Statistics evaluates the combined feeding and management data for the entire production cycle of each individual animal – from...

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Drive wheel made of cast plastic runs quietly and allows for longer dry feeding systems

In many regions of the world, the trend towards larger pig houses continues. Dry feeding systems for feed supply must cover ever longer distances in the barn. This increases mechanical stress on conveyor chains and drive units. With this knowledge in...

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BIG: the first valve for installation at a 30-degree angle

Big Dutchman presents a market innovation for computer-controlled dry feeding systems at EuroTier 2018 in Hanover: the BIG dry feed valve is the first computer-controlled feed valve that can be installed diagonally, at an angle of up to 30 degrees....

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Monitoring the alarms of all farm locations at all times

Digital Animal Farming is this year’s EuroTier special, and farms are indeed becoming ever more complex and connected. With this trend in mind, Big Dutchman presents the new software service “Alarm Dashboard Multifarm” at the show in Hanover: as an...

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Big Dutchman acquires French distributor Matavicol Industrie

The Big Dutchman group from Vechta, Germany, has taken over one of its long-term distribution partners in France. “Matavicol Industrie, based in Le Theil-de-Bretagne, department Ille-et-Vilaine (35), which is situated to the south-east of Rennes, now...

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Reducing the dust load, protecting the health

When considering dust formation, the air quality in layer houses has not improved after the switch to barn egg and free range egg production, which was driven by society and politicians. The changeover of egg production to cage management systems...

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Poultry house climate: how to prevent heat stress in barn egg and free range egg production

High temperatures and a high humidity: in Germany, short periods in the summer months where temperatures as well as humidity are very high occur from time to time. Last year saw an unusually high number of these periods that were often quite long....

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Big Dutchman now global distribution partner for OptiMarker and OptiScan by Hölscher + Leuschner

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 weighing and marking station ‘OptiMarker’...