New contracts manager for ARM Buildings

Famers should take great care to set minimum temperatures correctly when restocking pens after cleaning and disinfection if pigs are not to become chilled during the colder months.

Comparisons of water consumption by sows in freedom-style farrowing pens with sows in conventional crates has highlighted some significant differences.

Drop-out window panels will automatically open in an emergency when normal ventilation is interfered with, safeguarding the health and welfare of pigs.

After the long, hot summer, pig farmers are being urged to check their piggery ventilation systems very carefully – and get expert help if necessary – if problems are to be avoided as the weather cools down.

Harper Adams student, Bethany Walford, has been given a one-year’s placement opportunity by Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings and Reading-based technology company, Farmex, to help develop their digital sales and marketing operations.

Two new wet-and-dry shelf feeders for pigs – the SF3D Fattening and the SF3D Wean-to-Finish – are being offered by Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings.

If you have controlled-environment houses, check that your fail-safe batteries are working.

Water meters are now being fitted as standard equipment to all new pig houses supplied by ARM Buildings.

High-flying Essex University student Yakup Oguzhan Alp has joined Staffordshire-based specialist pig housing manufacturer, ARM Buildings, as data services assistant, on a one year’s placement.

Farmers shouldn’t panic but need to be more realistic about their piggery ventilation management during the heat-wave conditions that Britain has been experiencing, according to an environmental specialist.

A new method of comparing the environmental performance of pig houses has been devised by Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings.

Blower heaters for weaner-grower pens may offer significant advantages over conventional in-pen bar heaters, according to Tim Miller environmental specialist with ARM Buildings.