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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 opportunities has not only been provided by scientific...

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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 between the South African Pork Producers’ Organisation...

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New house for piglet rearing

In the course of succession of generations, Ursula and Hubert Lamping from Essen/Oldenburg in Germany recently decided to invest in a new house for pig rearing. The couple has 500 sows and in the long run wants to produce piglets in a closed system....

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Sow management: Bongdong trumpets stellar production

The past decade has seen changes in the South Korean pig industry landscape. From more than 12,000 pig farms in 2005, the number declined to 6,000 in 2012. Despite this, total pig inventory in the country has gone up to almost 10 million heads from...

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Pullet rearing with Natura Filia: A British farm manager takes stock

With the EU-wide ban on poultry cages imminent, the Heal family took a major decision in 2006: They opted to purchase an aviary for laying hens – the very first multi-tier free range unit on English soil. The Natura aviary system proved its worth and...

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New house with pig equipment for piglet rearing inaugurated

The agricultural cooperative Uchtdorf based in Uchtdorf (Tangerhütte) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, invested in a new house for piglet rearing. The main reasons: an increase in piglet production and a desire for improved energy efficiency. Moreover, the...

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Prospering pig farmer in Catalonia very happy with liquid feeding system

Catalonia, one of the autonomous communities of Spain in the north-east of the country, has much to offer. Its beautiful beaches and the capital Barcelona are visited by many tourists every year. What most of them do not know: The Catalans are very...

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France: New house for free range egg production with 20,840 layers

Most French consumers eat eggs that were produced in enriched colony systems. However, their second favourite egg is the one laid by free-range chickens. Cyril Galles from Lescout in south-western France recently accommodated this fact by building a...

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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 Suinprod S.A. Roman of the Kosarom group entrusted...

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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 product range: Call-Inn is ideally suited for...