“We are pleased to announce that Hank Purvis has joined the Big Dutchman Swine business as our Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast US.  Hank has over 20 years of sow and finisher production management experience with a top 10 swine integrator in the US.  Hank also managed contract sow and finisher grower relationships along with his direct management supervision of the company owned facilities. 






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Fresno State Complex from Big Dutchman on Vimeo.

Being the leader of the industries we serve, we are fortunate to be asked to be part of some large scale and important projects, and we are happy to announce that Foster Farms selected the Big Dutchman’s FLUXX feeding pan for this project at Fresno State. Read More...

During the 2013 International Poultry Expo (IPPE), Big Dutchman’s booth was full of people participating in the official celebration of Big Dutchman’s 75th anniversary. People from around the world came to join the festivities that began with a speech by Bernd Meerpohl (Chairman of the board), and anniversary cake cutting by Bernd Meerpohl and Clovis Rayzel (President of Big Dutchman USA and Latin America). Read More...

Big Dutchman celebrates 75 years!

In 1938, Big Dutchman was established with the idea of changing the poultry industry by finding better ways of increasing productivity. Seventy five years later, it’s that same pioneering spirit that drives us everyday to develop products that perform for farmers around the world.
Providing a complete line of poultry and swine production equipment around the world, Big Dutchman leads the industry in the design and production of products geared towards fulfilling both current, and future needs. Read More...

We are pleased to announce that Brian Fipps has joined the Big Dutchman Pig Equipment sales team as our Regional Sales Manager.  Brian is responsible for customer development and sales with a primary focus on the Southwest areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado, along with the Upper Midwest including Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and South Dakota.      Brian has many years of Swine Management experience including ten years as a Manager with Tyson Foods, Premium Standard Farms, and Smithfield Foods.  Brian also has several years of experience in Sales and Logistics.  


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3900 John F. Donnelly Dr.
Holland, MI 49424 - USA
+1-616-392-5981
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Big Dutchman Inc. invited its Latin America sales team to Holland in Michigan, USA for 5 days of inspiring exchange and learning. It was the first meeting of this kind since Mark Larson, Vice President of International Sales came to BD Inc. to build and further developed the network of Latin American poultry sales.

Bernd Meerpohl, Chairman of the Board of Management, flew in to Michigan to welcome the 21 agents from 14 countries and to share with them Big Dutchman’s interesting history as well as new exciting developments from Germany and its affiliates around the world.

During the 5-day bilingual conference, the agents, many of whom had never visited the United States before, learned about products, sales and shipping procedures and exchanged valuable experiences with each other and the US sales team. A tour of the Big Dutchman offices and warehouse as well as a little sight-seeing of Holland and dinners on Lake Michigan added many joyful and memorable moments to the well-rounded program of the meeting.

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Big Dutchman is happy to announce, that Dallas Lehmann has joined Big Dutchman as Field Service Technician for the Pig Business Unit. 

Residing in North Central Kansas, Dallas has 7 years of experience in the swine industry with a deep background and understanding of automated swine management systems.  With a strong customer-centric focus, he has managed installations, training, and after installation customer service in China, Korea, Australia, Japan, England, and Russia. Dallas also has a good background working with Electronic Sow Feeding Systems, like the CallMatic2.


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We are pleased to announce that Brian Wolf has joined the Big Dutchman Pig Business Unit January 3 in a new role as Business Development Sales Executive. 

Brian’s dual role includes working with Steve Langley and the sales team to develop relationships and business with the top key swine integrators as well as working with Hans Ulrich on product development opportunities. Furthermore, Brian will have primary territory sales responsibilities in the Southeast region.


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Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, MI on January 6th, 2012.


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The second fully enriched colony house on a U.S. egg farm was part of a four house expansion for this Michigan egg producer.

Konos expanded by around 700,000 layers with the addition of three enrichable and one enriched colony houses.

The Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu, said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The thousand-mile journey for the U.S. egg industry may be the conversion from traditional cage systems to enriched colony housing. The first step was taken by JS West with the placement of a flock in the company’s enriched colony barn in July 2010. Konos Inc. took the second step in fall 2011 by placing a flock of 120,000 hens in an enriched colony house, which was built as part of a 720,000-bird, four-house expansion.


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Big Dutchman has appointed Hans Ulrich as its new Technical Sales Director for the US Pig Business Unit.
Hans Ulrich, who launched and has been developing the US Pig Division of Big Dutchman since 2008, will now focus on advancing Big Dutchman’s product development for the US swine industry.


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Big Dutchman Inc. in Holland, Michigan is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Langley as Vice President to the Pig Equipment Business Unit.

Big Dutchman's Pig Division calls for a bigger team and a new allocation of responsibilities and Steve Langley will be an important asset to the company as he brings with him many years of experience in agri-business as well as expertise in executive management. His last position was as President and General Manager of pig equipment manufacturer Osborne Industries Inc.


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On August 10, 2011 Big Dutchman dedicated its new Brazilian facility in the city of Araraquara, state of Sao Paulo. Nearly BRL 30 million were invested in a property with 10 Ha (25 acres) on which nearly 16,000 m2 (172,000 ft2) were built.

The event counted with more than 500 customers, suppliers and local authorities. Addressing the crowd Bernd Meerpohl, Chairman of the Board of Management, spoke about the huge potential Brazil has for further developing its intensive animal production and its natural ability to help feed the world. Mr. Meerpohl emphasized, though, that only natural resources are not enough. It is also necessary for Brazilian poultry and pig producers to be ahead of the curve on all issues and available technologies involving their industries in an increasingly connected world.

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Scott is a graduate from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s Degrees in Agriculture Business and International Agriculture.  Living most of the past 15 years in the country of Ukraine, Scott was involved in planning and executing multi-faceted business development initiatives in sales, construction and agri-production projects in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the former Soviet Union.



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Big Dutchman's RainMaker evaporative cooling system now features new PP 150-3 cooling pads, which are made of UV-resistant polypropylene. The application of the new pad is similar to that of conventional cellulose pads. Thus the plastic pad may easily replace old pads in an existing RainMaker frame system (or other pad cooling system).



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Adaptable - Versatile - Enriched - Colony - Housing - System

Big Dutchman, Inc. announces the introduction of AVECH, a new system for egg production which allows producers to go from a traditional layer, to a fully enriched system on their timing.
AVECH (Pronounced AVEK) stands for Adaptable Versatile Enriched Colony Housing, and is designed to offer the egg producer an affordable and easy way to start off with an Enrichable system, and then move into a completely Enriched system at a later date. The AVECH is designed to meet and adapt to the complexities of the different markets the producer serves, and the continued regulatory changes facing the egg production business. Read More...