Suppliers of primary produce can follow the farmer’s store status
Transfer of data between Grainit and Big Dutchman provides new facilities for store control.
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Transports 30 tons of feed per hour
Aco Funki gets two Agromek stars for its expanded range of systems for feed transport.
Drive wheel made of cast plastic runs quietly and allows for longer dry feeding systems
Dry feeding systems for feed supply must cover ever longer distances in the barn. This increases mechanical stress on conveyor chains and drive units.
Improving performance and homogeneity in the fattening stage: feeder space and feed management
The two measures studied would allow to reduce liveweight variability at slaughter by 10-15%.
Watching water in piggeries
Water meters are now being fitted as standard equipment to all new pig houses supplied by ARM Buildings.
PORK CRC: Affluent effluent possible for piggeries
Pork producers with biogas systems now benefit from reduced odour, save on energy costs, sell excess biogas-derived electricity to the supply grid and sell Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and renewable energy certificates.
Maple Leaf Foods builds leadership in animal care
More than 40,000 sows have made the transition to our advanced open sow housing system, and we are on track to transition all sows under our management by the end of 2021.
DuBreton achieves its target exceeds its objective
More than 340,000 additional crate-free pigs produced in three years.
3D cameras to save pigs’ tails
A new high-tech solution to the problem of tail biting in pigs has been devised by Scottish scientists and could become an alternative to the controversial last-resort practice of tail docking.
International: a long term affair
This success is thanks to long-term investment in innovation, farm visits and meticulous hosting.
Green future with biogas will be demonstrated at Agromek
For the first time, a number of companies, that are active in biogas and biomass, will be gathered in a large area in one of the exhibition halls at Agromek 2018.
Effect of hot temperature and drinker type on growth performance and water disappearance by growing-finishing pigs
Results suggest that drinker type can affect water disappearance rates; further research is needed to quantify the amount of water wastage.
Bazooka Farmstar continues to raise the bar with new product releases
Four new core products set to take center field this coming fall.
ACO FUNKI opens a new company in China
The company “ACO FUNKI Animal Husbandry Technology Co. Ltd.” will become an independent business unit with its own administration, stock facilities and showroom.
European Citizens' Initiative: Commission registers 'End the Cage Age' initiative
The stated objectives of the proposed Citizens' Initiative are to end "inhumane treatment of farm animals" kept in cages.
Student will help analyse piggery performance
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.