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@groTrends February Edition
Welcome to the first
VDL Agrotech @grotrends
newsletter of this year! The highlighs of this new edition are: Al Bayyad Farms in Saudi Arabia, Project with Matrix
in Czech Republic, Open
door day at Theelen pig breeder farm.
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Al
Bayyad Farms Saudi Arabia
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Al Bayyad Farms is a greenfield
project with totally 30
broiler breeder houses and 8 layer breeder houses. Each house is
100mX14m and is special designed
for an all in all out system. The breeders stay in the same house during rearing and production stage, this give the highest level of biosecurity.
Al Bayyad Farms.
The houses are equipped
with VDL Agrotech Silos, Flex Auger, Chain Feeding, Nipple Drinking and Diesel heating Systems including all control devices. It is situated at Al
Kharj Area 150 Km from Riyadh.
Inside of one of the Broiler Breeder House.
The first phase of 8 broiler
breeder houses where commissioned on the
20th of January 2014.The total
capacity of the site is 61.600 Females and 6.160 males (10%). Per house 7700 females
and 770 males.
Click here for more pictures.
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Matrix
in Czech Republic
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Recently 'Schrom Farms' in Czech Republic started operation of their new broiler breeder house. The new house is equipped
with the Matrix male feeding
system.
Schrom Farms.
Each line has capacity for 500 males, 2 lines per house. The hopper is positioned
in the middle which guarantees a good feed distribution. Mr Hornik,
director of ‘Schrom Farms’ had visited farms with Matrix
Systems installed in Poland and
The Netherlands.
Matrix.
The excellent results in these farms convinced Mr. Hornik to install the Matrix system also in his breeder house.
house. The building and equipment are supplied by VDL distributor Farmtec.
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Open
door day
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Friday, January 17. Pig breeder farm Theelen with 600 grandparent sows (Topigs) in Koningslust opened the doors to their new gilt development and fattener building. The building consists
of 16 compartments with
16 pens for 12 gilts and boars, all together with a total capacity of 3.072 animals from wean to
end weight.
VDL600 tubefeeding drive units.
The VDL Agrotech feeding
system consists of 4 tubefeeding
circuits with VDL600 pneumatic
valves. Each penn has it's own feeder and valve. A dry feed
computer is controlling the total process together with a VDL mix-weigher
180ltr. For each separate feeder
the exact amount of feed and
mixture is automatically prepared.
This ensures that the rearing gilts are fed accurately to achieve the optimal conditions to grow into a productive breeder sow.
The VDL mix-weigher 180ltr.
For the fatteners (boars
& seleceted sows)
the computerized feeding
also optimizes the growth and feed conversion rate. The
equipment is supplied by
our dealer Versleijen Agri
BV.
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New exit on N2 highway
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To reach
VDL Agrotech has now become a lot easier. A new
exit on the N2 highway in front of the VDL Agrotech
office has recently been opened.
Taking this exit saves a lot of time to reach our office &
warehouse.
The A2 and N2.
The accessibility has increased
between industrial zone
"De Hurk" and the local
district Meerhoven and
as well as the circulation on the
Noord-Brabantlaan and her surrounding
roads.
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NEWS
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Alp d'HuZes
VDL
Agrotech will participate in the BIG Challenge cycle
tour 2014 with the DPC- cycle
team.
The BIG Challenge foundation stands for 'live
stock farmers against cancer'.
On June 5th approximately
140 cyclists and
runners, all somehow connected to live stock farming, will cycle or run as often as possible up and down the Alpe d'Huez mountain in France. By
sponsoring their activity
they collect as much as
possible money to
support cancer research. The Big Challenge cyclists and runners are a
part of the almost 5.000 cyclists
taking part in the Alpe
d'HuZes event.
Take a look at www.opgevenisgeenoptie.nl
for more info.
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EVENTS
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From 25 till 27 February, 2014
LIV Venray
Evenementenhal Venray, Venray, The Netherlands Hall 1, Booth 217
From 2 till 4
April, 2014
AgroWorld Uzbekistan
Uzexpocentre, Tashkent,
Uzbeikistan Booth C44
From 20 to 22 May, 2014
VIV Europe 2014
Jaarbeurs Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Hall 12, Booth A032
From 7 to 10 September,
2014
Saudi Agriculture
2014
Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition
Center,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hall 2, Booth 715-2
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