Training on Electronic Sow Feeding & BigFarmNet
GERMANY - With BigFarmNet, Big Dutchman has a cutting-edge technology on offer which makes pig production much easier: all controllers, computers and sensors on a farm are able to communicate with each...

Dry Feeding and Liquid Feeding in Pig Rearing
GERMANY - Housing and feed are important elements during weaning but feeding young piglets requires specific pig feeding systems and management strategies, according to Dr Anne Elkmann and Norbert Bärlein...

WPC - Concerns Raised over Introduction of Loose Housing
GERMANY - Tackling the problems that egg producers in the EU have in fulfilling the new directive on enriched cages for laying hens could be used as a model for the EU directive on loose housing for p...

Big Dutchman Top of DLG-Image-Barometer
GERMANY - In its recent Image Barometer 2010, the DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts- Gesellschaft; German Agricultural Society) reports Big Dutchman as industry leader in the area of 'technology – livestock...

Big Dutchman Founder Celebrates 100th Birthday
GERMANY - Jack DeWitt, the original 'Big Dutchman', turned 100 years old on 30 January 2011.

EuroTier 2010: Nedap Presents Nedap Velos Sorting
GERMANY - Growing commercial pigs to produce tasteful, healthy and safe meat requires the best of everything - healthy piglets, nutritious feed, fresh air and comfortable housing.

Silver Medal for Innovation Goes to Ear Tag System
GERMANY - QuigTag from Big Dutchman Pig Equipment has been awarded a Silver Medal from DLG.

EuroTier Gold Medal for Innovative Pregnancy Checker
GERMANY - SonoCheck from Big Dutchman Pig Equipment has been awarded a coveted Gold Medal from DLG.

Biogas Know-How from Calveslage
GERMANY - Tierzuchtgut Losten in Bad Kleinen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the most modern pig farms in Germany. In future, this innovative business enterprise will be heating its housing systems...

Open Day Attracts Many Visitors
GERMANY - The new barn for finishing pigs of the Driever family who live in Freren, northern Germany, was recently inaugurated with an Open Day.

EUROTIER REPORT: Gearing Up for Group Housing
GERMANY - With stalls and tethers due to be banned in 2013, German pig farmers, along with others in mainland Europe, are now having to think about investing in replacement systems.

New Controller for Electronic Sow Feeding System
GERMANY - Big Dutchman introduces yet another must-see for sow producers at this year's EuroTier: a new controller for Callmatic 2.

Big Dutchman Guests Donate Generously
GERMANY - Sharing generously with others: many guests that were invited to the anniversary celebrations of the double anniversary of the housing and feeding equipment supplier Big Dutchman in Vechta followed...

Modern Technology From Big Dutchman
GERMANY - New barn with exhaust air washer for 3,300 piglets.

New 'clean air' finishing barn pulls in the crowds
NORDHORN - Well-attended Open Day