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Cybersecurity at Vencomatic Group: "We focus mainly on awareness"

"If you want your phone to be 100% safe, you have to smash and burn it. But then it's not really usable any more, of course. So as a Security Officer you have...

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Supervisor vacancy: "For a Supervisor, communication is the most important"

"What I like about the job of supervisor is the variety. Take the weather: in Saudi Arabia it is almost 50 degrees Celcius, in Russia almost minus 30. Not...

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Palletiser for eggs: "We are very excited about our new palletiser”

“We bought two Prinzen Palletisers for our egg handling, they were installed a few weeks ago. They were part of a whole system, including a Prinzen Speedpack...

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On-farm hatching: "The Dierenbescherming praises our approach to on-farm hatching"

"On-farm hatching is a logical development, considering that everything in the poultry chain that has to do with 'life' is linked to the farmer. According to...

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Gregarious nesting: "Broiler parents also like to huddle together".

"The strange thing is that the wild ancestor chicken had no need for sociability, she had a nest on her own. Today's hens have a much greater need for what...

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Q-Perch

Placing perches for chickens: About chickens and shit

You might wonder what we, as researchers at Vencomatic do, and that's why we would like to share one of our researches with you. Recently, I have been working...

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environment

Ammonia level reduction: "Vencomatic Group helps us to lead the way"

"As a poultry farmer, I have to comply with more and more environmental requirements, such as on the emission of ammonia and particulate matter. The rules...

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poultry

Lighting for poultry: what do you need to consider?

"Chickens can also perceive light through their skulls, so even a 'blind' chicken can sense the length of daylight periods and thus seasonal changes. Good...

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poultry

Rearing pullets in Spain: Training of future layers starts from the first day [CASE]

Given the market demands, egg production in alternative systems continues to increase in Spain, also in line with the trends of their European neighbors. We...

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turkey nest

Keeping turkeys: what are the differences between markets?

"There are three types of turkey breeders: light, medium and heavy. You can find the heavy breeders mainly in Brazil, Germany, Italy, America and England. In...

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on farm hatching

On-farm hatching: "When transporting incubated eggs to the broiler house, it’s all about temperature".

"The transport of incubated eggs is of course much better than transporting chicks, you are not moving around living chicks that are sometimes without food and...

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Prinzen

Keeping it cool- reliable ventilation and minimised floor eggs [CASE]

Over a decade ago, Rowland Morris- a fourth generation farmer from Wales- decided to diversify from his familiar farm life into a new profitable venture. From...

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