Press releases - Facilities and equipment

Shane McAuliffe has been appointed EASYFIX’s new Swine Business Manager and will be responsible for the sales and development of EASYFIX’s environmental enrichment range.

SPACE 2018 will be held from Tuesday 11 September to Friday 14 September at Rennes Exhibition Centre.

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

A powerful next generation of one of the pig industry’s most popular environmental control systems is being launched at the British Pig and Poultry Fair (Stoneleigh Park, 15^th & 16^th May).

Edwina Beveridge runs a mixed farming operation in New South Wales, Australia. At any given time, she has some 2,200 pigs on site - which adds up to a lot of methane. By investing in a methane digestion system, she now turns it into energy.

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.

Perstorp offers a new solution where a broad range of organic acid based additives can be combined with highly accurate dosing equipment.

DLG-Agrifuture Insights "Chart of the Month" for March tackles the conflict between animal welfare and protecting the environment.

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants can make farmers less dependent on energy providers. International EnergyDecentral 2018 trade fair will show solutions for new and existing plants.

Emma Naluyima is a smallholder farmer and private veterinarian in Uganda who has integrated crop growing and livestock raising to build a thriving, profitable and environmentally friendly farm enterprise for her and her family.

A warning to farmers to check minimum ventilation rates in their piggeries, following the prolonged cold spell, has been issued by an environmental specialist.

EuroTier exhibitors will be presenting their latest solutions at the Hanover Exhibition Center from 13 to 16 November 2018, and the DLG, together with partners from industry, science and consulting, will explain the importance of digitization for modern livestock farming, with examples explained in special features and forum events.

Russian Baltic Pork Invest (RBPI) invests heavily in pig production in Kaliningrad and the Nizhny Novgorod region in Russia. SKOV supplies ventilation to the new housing units. All livestock houses are connected to the FarmOnline management program, so feed and water consumption are automatically captured and monitored.

Bazooka Farmstar announced the extension of their Full Throttle Series trailer line at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, KY earlier today.

Precision pig farming is the way ahead for sustainable, green, resource-light systems which are kind to both pigs and people. That is the vision of a group of influential visitors from Indiana.

The classroom sessions include the basics of ventilation systems, effective temperature requirements, troubleshooting tools and techniques.

This year two winners shared the prize. Winner for what they term the "ghost gate" were Lyle and Maaike Campbell, Birnam Pork, Arkona, Ont. Winner for the loose housing pen-within-a-pen innovation was Scott Hyshka, Mountain Vista / Sunterra Farms, Drumheller, Alta.

The Innov'Space event allows exhibitors to promote their new products and services presented for the first time at a Livestock Expo in France.

67% of the exhibitors at SPACE reported engaging in or planning to develop export activities. 89% said that SPACE enabled them to establish useful business contacts.

SPACE 2017 will be held from Tuesday 12 September to Friday 15 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre.