poultry management Articles
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5 Features to look for when selecting a poultry management software
Planning, managing and reporting poultry operation in order gain insights about your flock is one way to ensure a superior control of your farm. However, from making sure that the birds are able to access sufficient food and water, to ensuring that the eggs are maintained in a perfect temperature, eliminating the age-old process of paper-based processing becomes important to enhance a ...
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5 Ways to Increase Your Poultry Farm Productivity Using a Poultry Software
As one of the fastest growing segments in the agriculture sector, poultry farming has been the talk of the town for quite some time now. With the tremendous growth comes quite a few challenges. And one of the major challenges is the fact that the poultry farms need to be productive. This is where a poultry software comes into the picture. But how does a poultry software ensure that the ...
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Is it worth it to invest in poultry ERP software?
Isn’t it amazing how far we’ve come? You don’t have to think about or work hard on many things. All you have to do is easily download software or an application. In today’s world, everything we do has its own software. Did you know that poultry farming has its own ERP software? Many people are unaware of this because they never imagined that something like this could ...
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New poultry house for free range egg production - Case Study
Mathias Hoppe from Melle in Lower Saxony (Germany) decided to start egg production on his farm. The young farmer continues his parents Barbara and Hubert Hoppe‘s farm which is also into pig finishing. After six months of construction time the new poultry house for free range egg production has recently been completed. Now approx. 15,000 laying hens are laying their eggs in the pretty ...
By Big Dutchman
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Poultry Incinerators: Where they are used and why?
The poultry industry has seen some major changes over the last 5 years. The global poultry production is predicted to reach 105.26 million metric tonnes by 2030. It is estimated that the consumption of poultry is around 95.2lbs per capita. This figure is expected to increase to 95.8lbs by 2020 alone. This increase is due to growing populations, expanding fast food restaurants, increasing numbers ...
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NATURA Filia rearing aviary: French poultry keepers transform enriched colony system into school - Case Study
60,000 pullets learn for life Christelle and Bruno Le Parc from Priziac (department 56), about 100 km east of Brest in Brittany, have transformed one of their poultry houses: where they once kept their layers in enriched colony systems, pullets now learn how to fly and jump in the Big Dutchman rearing aviary NATURA Filia. The couple’s decision to change their management system was based on ...
By Big Dutchman
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Poultry Farm ERP Software
PoultryCare is a poultry farm management online app for both the commercial poultry farmer and small scale backyard poultry keeper. Track production, management and finances of your poultry farm. Keep track of eggs collected, bird weight, feed, vaccinations and treatments, mortality, income and expenses and much more. Reports tracking funcions are: Poultry Management Records Keep track of all ...
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Swaziland: Becoming self-supporting with the use of egg production - Case Study
Two poultry houses, 5,000 laying hens and 1,5 million eggs annually make a difference in Swaziland, a country plagued by drought and Aids. With the support of the international egg industry, a poultry company was founded within the development of 'Project Canaan'. It contributes to the project’s mission: becoming self-supporting with the use of agriculture. The poultry houses are equipped ...
By Big Dutchman
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Iceland: New poultry house for broiler production - Case Study
There is a good reason why Iceland’s agriculture is dominated by animal husbandry: the island country in Northern Europe has a very unique nature, which is, however, also characterised by lava fields and a harsh climate. Only 1 % of the country’s area is suitable for cultivation, another 19.5 % can be used as pasture. Poultry production is one branch of Iceland’s livestock ...
By Big Dutchman
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Energy-efficient heat exchanger creates comfortable temperatures – dust separation rate of 31 %
Hendrik Huisman from Molkwerum in the Dutch province of Friesland can finally call three fully functional poultry houses his own again. Unwillingly, the farmer had to take a break from broiler production because of a devastating fire at the beginning of 2015. One of his barns was fully destroyed, another had been completely wrecked by the water used to fight the fire. As a consequence, Huisman ...
By Big Dutchman
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How Can An ERP System Help A Poultry Farming Company?
In today’s world, an increasing number of people are interested in poultry products. This is the reasoning behind expanding poultry farming. The industry has seen numerous changes in the way a poultry farmer operates. Poultry is a broad division that necessitates a close attention to detail and the mechanical administration of information in order to reap the benefits. This is an area ...
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The Top 9 Benefits of Best ERP Software for Poultry Business
1. Pre-set Parameters The ERP software should allow you to keep track of the complete poultry farm operation. You should be able to record information on feed, hatching, breeding, broilers, and so on, as well as compute crucial factors like Mortality Ratio, Vaccination regimens, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), and so on. Furthermore, these pre-defined characteristics should help you organise the ...
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Cool Eggs - from Markovice in the Czech Republic - Case Study
About 100 km east of Prague, in Markovice, Unikom a.s. operates a layer farm. Unikom is committed to producing high-quality eggs labelled as “Cool Eggs” (Pohodová vejce), based on the long tradition and modern production on the Markovice farm. Annual production reaches up to 17 million eggs, which are distributed through Unikom’s own wholesale network in the Czech ...
By Big Dutchman
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How is technology changing the management of poultry farms?
Poultry farming in the modern day is driven by continuous improvements in digital tools and data. Over the years, technology and poultry farming have brought together various ways to increase production, efficiency and the overall profit. With the poultry software solutions adapting to the latest technological advancements, the future of poultry farming is bound to be more technology driven ...
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Poultry Waste – Carcass Disposal Following Bird Loss
In March 2020, there was more than 143.9 thousand tonnes of poultry carcase waste produced in the UK[1] through poultry production. That figure relates to the number of birds slaughtered for meat produce, but birds also die in their millions from natural causes or disease, all around the world. For example, farmers can experience up to a 40 per cent increase in fallen stock during colder months. ...
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Well-proven feed pan “Male Pan” wears down the beak naturally - Case Study
The Verwaest-Mer family from Oud-Turnhout in the Belgian province of Antwerp recently completed two modern houses for broiler breeder management. The barns, each measuring 28 x 100 meters and designed for 22,000 breeders, combine classic Big Dutchman products and innovations in an ideal manner. One such classic is the chain feeding system, which is the oldest product of the Big Dutchman ...
By Big Dutchman
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200,000 laying hens join the European Union - Case Study
After the dissolution of former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s only few West Balkan countries have not yet become a member of the European Union (EU). These countries still allow keeping laying hens in cages. However, the tendency is to gain EU admittance in the long run. Good examples are the Republic of Serbia, which has already been granted the status of an official candidate for EU membership, ...
By Big Dutchman
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Blockbuster success for Addfield at this years Pig and Poultry Exhibition
Fantastic success at the 2018 Pig and Poultry show Record number of visitors came to see our agricultural incinerators With the sun bearing down on us during the first day of the show the Addfield team began a truly tremendous two-day exhibition at the bi-annual Pig and Poultry show in Warwickshire. Welcoming farmers from across the UK, Ireland and beyond it was a fantastic opportunity not ...
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Ammonia Reduction & Reduced Beetle Larvae with MICROBE-LIFT® Technology in Poultry Composting in Honduras - Farm Waste Management
Lazarus & Lazarus, a technology-based construction firm in Honduras, contacted a distributor of Ecological Laboratories to explore technology to improve their poultry litter processing. Ecological Laboratories’ technologists devised a test protocol using MICROBE-LIFT® technology conducted at an experimental poultry farm. This farm is utilized to evaluate new technology to optimize ...
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Dealing with Christmas poultry waste
With Christmas around the corner, farmers across the UK are extremely busy with the preparation of turkeys. Although we initially associate turkeys with Christmas, the preparation for this period begins months in advance. Turkey farmers must make sure they have the best breeds of turkey as consumers are more aware of the difference in quality. Customers are willing to pay significantly more for ...
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