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.

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...

New Website for Cobb Germany In Seven Languages
GERMANY - A new website providing technical information for Cobb customers in central and eastern Europe in their own language has been launched by Cobb Germany — www.cobbgermany.de

Transparency with Internet-Based Technology
GERMANY - The Jungsthöfel family recently introduced their newly built broiler farm to the public on the occasion of an open day. The farm is located in Gehlenberg (rural district of Cloppenburg, Germany) and is furnished with Big Dutchman equipment....

Germany Flies Free of Bird Flu
GERMANY - Last night, to the relief of many, the German government announced that the country was entirely free of bird flu. The announcement comes after three months without any discovery of the deadly H5N1 strain in wild birds or in commercial p...

Study Shows Salmonella Rise in Fattening Turkey Stocks
GERMANY - In two studies conducted jointly by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the control authorities of the federal states, German turkey flocks and fattening pigs were tested for Salmonella.

Well visited Infoday in Germany
GERMANY - At February 21st VENCOMATIC and SCHULZ Systemtechniek organised an Infoday with the theme ‘Future of laying hens’ at the headoffice of SCHULZ in Visbek.

Eurotier: Record Sales 9 Months Early
GERMANY - With more bookings and more foor space than ever before, the International DLG Exhibition for Animal Husbandry and Management, EuroTier 2008 reports record exhibitor participation from Germany and other countries.

Testing Feathers to Determine Chick Sex
GERMANY — Scientists in Germany are reporting development of test that can answer one of the most frustrating questions in the animal kingdom: Is that bird a boy or a girl? Their study is a potential boon to poultry farmers and bird breeders.

Think Tank on Agriculture
GERMANY - A three-day Think Tank for leaders in Germany’s agriculture – the DLG “Wintertagung” - is this week addressing key issues facing European farming within a world market.

New Area Sales Manager for Big Dutchman
GERMANY - Khalid Abdelrahman has joined Big Dutchman as Area Sales Manager for Libya.

New Cloned Vaccine for Newcastle Disease
GERMANY - A new live vaccine for the control of Newcastle disease has been launched by German vaccine specialist, Lohmann Animal Health. Known as AviPro ND C131 and suitable for broilers, layers and breeders, it is produced from a cloned strain of the...

Vencomatic RED-L Patent Upheld in Germany
GERMANY - the German Bundespatentgericht (Federal Patent Court) in Munich dismissed Big Dutchman GmbH's nullity complaint against the German part of the European Patent 0 904 690 B1 (DE 698 09 520 T2) covering Vencomatic's RED-L aviary system for lay...

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...

German Statistics Agency Says Meat Prices To Rise Next Year
GERMANY - German consumers will see the price of meat rise next year after grain became more expensive on rising demand from abroad, said Dietmar Weiss of German statistics agency ZMP.

The Kloke Family Starts A New Business
GERMANY - New building: Broiler house for 40,000 birds

New House For Ring Less Rearing Of 8,500 Turkeys
According to the saying „Nothing ventured, nothing gained“, Andrea and Rüdiger Lämmle from Baden-Württemberg in Germany looked for planning and construction off the beaten track for their new turkey rearing house.

Vencomatic Appoints New Market Development Manager For Germany And Scandinavia
GERMANY - Poultry equipment manufacturer Vencomatic is pleased to announce the appointment of Harry Luimes (43) as market development manager for Germany and Scandinavia.

New Technical Manager For Central / Eastern Europe
GERMANY - Patrick van Trijp has joined Cobb as technical manager responsible for supporting Cobb Germany, franchise distributor for central and eastern Europe and Broiler Budoshego, franchise distributor in Russia....

Sales Manager Roles in Western Europe and Asia
GERMANY - The Big Dutchman group develops and sells housing equipment and computer-controlled feeding systems for modern pig and poultry management and the company is currently seeking two sales managers for positions in Asia and Western Europe.

FOR SALE - Complete "Staalkat" Selecta egg grading and packing line
GERMANY - Troostwijk Auktionen GmbH & Co KG, are selling a complete "Staalkat" Selecta egg grading line belonging to the company Juchem Eiprodukte GmbH & Co. KG.

EU poultry production declines due to AI
GERMANY - A German market analyst says EU poultrymeat production was down about two percent last year because of bird flu.

German Broilers frequently infected with salmonella
GERMANY - One in six broiler flocks in German broiler holdings is infected with Salmonella. This is the result of a joint pilot study conducted by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).

"Big Brother" Surveillance Stops Salmonella Getting Stressed Out
GERMANY - Scientists from Germany and the UK have discovered how pathogens such as Salmonella respond quickly to stress in its bacterial membrane or "skin", giving insight into how the bacterium is able to adapt so rapidly to a multitude of harsh environments....

Focus-Test confirms excellent performance DLG test certificate for Big Dutchman guide vane
GERMANY - The higher, the better: air and odour emissions from livestock buildings have to be led away from the buildings as far as possible so that they spread before they start to bother anybody.