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ThePigSite Company News
Big Dutchman Company News
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
New High Tech Barn Meets High Expectations GERMANY - The feed testing farm of Agravis Raiffeisen AG near Cloppenburg, Germany, expanded their barn capacity for piglet rearing with a new barn by 3,300 places to achieve an overall stocking density of 6,500 pigs.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Big Dutchman: Rebuilding of Fire Ravaged Sow Farm FRANCE - Paul, David and Vincent Pelletier from La Chapelle Thémer in the west French departement Vendée have not given up: just one year after a fire almost completely destroyed the sow farm of the Pelletier family, the system for 300 sows was taken...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Big Dutchman Anniversaries: Company Hosted 450 Guests from Around the World GERMANY - The company's recent 5th International Agents’ Meeting celebrated the double anniversary of 70 years of Big Dutchman worldwide and 50 years of Big Dutchman in Germany and Europe.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Interest Surrounds the Big Dutchman Booth US - A Big Dutchman booth at the World Pork Expo gathered interest with its wide range of pig equipment on display.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Manure Drying Tunnel Doing a Good Job GERMANY - 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 increasing as are wind power plants and solar...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Dutch Study Certifies Efficiency of BD Air Washer THE NETHERLANDS - MagixX, the Big Dutchman exhaust air washing system, has been proven to be one of the best combi-systems for reducing dust, ammonia, and odour emissions from pig houses.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Market Growth Means More Capacity Needed at BD THAILAND - Big Dutchman's operation in Thailand has moved to larger premises. The company says its further proof of the deep determination to strengthen the relationship between the German poultry and pork equipment supplier and its Asian clients.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Business Rises From the Ashes with a First for BD FRANCE - A fire at that completely destroyed the breeding unit at Paul, David and Vincent Pelletier's farm in La Chapelle Thémer at Vendée in western France did not mean the end of pig production. No, it just spurred them into investment and within a...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Open House for First Hi-Tech 'Finnish' System FINLAND - A working partnership between equipment manufactured Big Dutchman and Finland's premier processer LSO Foods will officially unveil its first pig finishing operation tomorrow at Hämeenkoski.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Croatian Minister Opens New EU-standard Pig Unit CROATIA - Zdravko Škarec, a committed and innovative farmer from Polonje, Croatia, has his sights set on the European Union.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Liquid Feed System Offers Production Advantages GERMANY - Big Dutchman has broadened its product range by introducing HydroAir, a new liquid feeding system designed to supply 1,000 to 4,500 piglets in the rearing phase.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Big Dutchman's Expands US - Big Dutchman USA has just completed the construction of over 7,000 square feet of additional office space at its headquarters for the Americas in Holland, Michigan.
Friday, October 26, 2007
50,000 Homes Lit Up With Big Dutchman's Biogas Subsidary GERMANY - The biggest order in its relatively young company history has been secured by BD Agro Renewables GmbH & Co. KG (BD Agro), the biogas segment of the Big Dutchman Group from Vechta-Calveslage, Germany - in the next two years the company is going...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Competent Partner In Finland FINLAND – Big Dutchman, the worldwide market leader for housing equipment for modern pig management, welcomes a new partner to its tightly woven net of exclusive distributors around the world: the Finnish company SKT Suomen Karjatilatarvike Oy from Iittala...
Monday, September 17, 2007
Home-mixing - can it help feed costs? GERMANY - The production of mixed feed using home-grown cereals always becomes a topic for livestock owners when the grain prices and compound feed costs rise. However, this unfortunately sometimes coincides with low prices for pigs.
Friday, September 07, 2007
VIV Russia 2007 - Big Dutchman-Technologies Generate Interest RUSSIA - At VIV Russia 2007 (May 21 – 23, Moscow) Big Dutchman once again displayed an ample range of innovative products for modern pig and poultry management. Both the multi-tier broiler cage Avimax and the modular climate and production computer Viper...
Monday, September 03, 2007
CALLMATIC 2 is 'most promising' says US judges GLOBAL - An innovative electronic sow feeding system for group-housed sows has been given the thumbs-up by US pig producers. The positive feedback came from an expert panel of judges who reviewed the systems in the new products portfolio presented at...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Big Dutchman Inaugurated Major Projects In Croatia CROATIA - The Croatian town of Belje located in the border triangle of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, is looking back on a tradition of more than 100 years in pig management. The special trait of local pig managers is that they go for innovations.








