Proper poultry house ventilation is important year-round, but especially during winter months to protect bird health and promote energy efficiency.
“Ventilation is not always top of mind for many producers heading into winter,” says Austin Zimmerman, AGCO protein sales engineer...
With fall and winter months approaching, producers can take steps now to make sure their poultry houses are ready for the return to cooler weather.
Mark Cook, district manager for Cumberland, recommends the following maintenance checks to keep birds healthy...
Many producers were discouraged when propane prices soared in 2019. Exhausted by the frequent increases, the Nova Scotia poultry grower, Tim Cox, decided to take matters in his own hands. He installed ESA-1000 heat exchangers in his barn hoping...
LED lamps have changed the landscape for poultry growers in terms of energy savings related to poultry house lighting. No other lighting source (incandescent, compact fluorescent, cold cathode, high pressure sodium, etc.) comes close to the energy efficiency of...
With market age birds the last thing a producer wants is for the main electrical panel circuit breaker to trip. Though it often seems like it may happen without any warning, the truth is that in most cases there...
The brothers Randy and Sheldon Martin are both organic broilers producers in Ontario. Their respective farms Whispering Meadows (owned by Randy) and Sheldale Poultry (owned by Sheldon) barns are pretty much identical. The main difference? The first one is...
Warmer weather is around the corner and now is a good time to conduct poultry house maintenance to help protect bird comfort and promote profitability. Here are important checks recommended by Cumberland district manager, Mark Cook.
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MAXIMUS PREVENTION is a solution that monitors the electrical network of your livestock buildings in real time by measuring the loss and intensity of amperage to ground. When this loss exceeds...
Good ventilation is indispensable in a poultry house (read more about this in our other blog: The relevance of a comfortable climate in poultry houses. With the help of mechanical ventilation and air inlets/outlets, it is possible to keep...
This article explains how to select an agricultural ventilation fan for the conditions under which it will be operating in a livestock or greenhouse setting.
Select an agricultural ventilation fan for the conditions under which it will be operating in...