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Learn about LED lighting for poultry farms, and what to look for when purchasing LEDs for your farm. This technical information is for Ontario poultry producers.
Introduction
The use of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting in agricultural applications is relatively new...
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We know that newly hatched chicks cannot control their body temperature very well, and need some help by keeping the environment close to their needs.
With warm weather around the corner, it is time to make sure your tunnel system is running properly. It is easy to forget about the little things and overlook the essential preparations that are needed for optimum tunnel ventilation...
2-in-1 system meets consumers' high demand for typical poultry portions
I-Cut 122 TrimSort will sort it all out
Supermarkets and QSRs (Quick Service Restaurants) are asking poultry processors for high volumes of typical portioned products such as crispy tenders, medallions, burgers, uniform...
Managing commercial broiler flocks is a challenge at any time of year but especially so during the winter months. When outside temperatures drop and gas prices rise, maintaining the desired inside house air temperature and ventilating to meet air...
Poultry producers have an immense amount of data at their fingertips. The challenge, however, is generating value from collected data. Cumberland has created a series of videos that explore how poultry producers can capture and utilize data to help...
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...
Duravant LLC said it has agreed to acquire Foodmate, a leading manufacturer of poultry processing equipment dual-headquartered in Ball Ground, Georgia, and Numansdorp, the Netherlands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Foodmate brand of processing machinery has been...
Where automation replaces human labor, food production is safer
Food safety is rightly a key issue in today’s poultry industry. Everyone wants to eat food, which is safe. Although the poultry meat supply chain is larger than just the processing...
The Zeus from Big Dutchman is a two channel, moisture-proof dimmable LED that will help with even illumination and is cost effective. Important advantages include:
0 to 100% dimmable
Zero flickering even at low light intensities
Even light distribution
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