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Feeding focused on a net profit per cow

Challenging the cows at the beginning of the lactation period improves their health and efficiency, as well as the net profitgain per cow. Of course the milk production response depends on many factors, including the starting ration, the production level and the dry phase. The cows must be able to cope with the increased feed concentrate level.

Exploiting the qualities of Danish sows

The influx of Danish genetics into the Netherlands has continuously increased in recent years. This is motivated by the growing demand of foreign piglet buyers. On the basis of the knowledge and experience it has acquired, De Heus is providing recommendations designed to improve the results of working with Danish breeding material.

De Heus receives the European Award for Business Quality for its commitment to quality and sustainability

De Heus Animal Nutrition was a winner at the first edition of the European Award for Business Quality (2021), a prizegiving ceremony organised by the European Association of Economy and Competitiveness (AEDEEC) in Madrid and held at the Hotel Westin Palace. At the event, hosted by journalists and communicators Ana García Lozano and Melchor Miralles, the animal nutrition company’s extraordinary hard work and commitment to quality was recognised.

Re-discovering the basics for powering progress

Farmers, breeders, butchers and feed professionals together under one roof – that was the unique collaboration that the Turkey Academy in Poland provided. It was the first collaboration of its kind, enabling participating parties to share insights about business opportunities and challenges. Now, with new regulations under way, turkey farmers are under more pressure than ever. To help them, De Heus is exploring how to bring insights from the Academy into the spotlight.

Fatter mother hens for vital broilers?

At the beginning of 2019, De Heus initiated an extensive long-term scientific study of the influence of the female broiler breeder’s nutrition on chick quality. High chick quality already starts during the formation of the egg and the embryo in the female broiler breeder. The mother hen itself and its nutrition play an important role in this regard.

The Netherlands are almost the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products! How did that happen?

In 2019 The Dutch agricultural sector one again exported more than in the years before. A total of 94.5 billion euros worth of products was exported to other countries in 2019. This makes the Dutch agricultural sector the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world, after the United States which is still the biggest exporter.

How sharing knowledge improved the health status of pigs in Brazil

By sharing knowledge with all our business units, we help farmers worldwide to power progress on their farm. In 2019, Marcino & Daniel from Brazil took part in the Natural Power training in the Netherlands. Marcino is originally a vet and has worked for De Heus Brazil since 2014. During his training, he visited eight farms with more than 8,000 sows and learned all about the Dutch pig sector. His main goal was to learn how to support farmers in Brazil improve the health status on their farms.

Reducing the global usage of antibiotics to stop antimicrobial resistance

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling attention to the rise of antimicrobial resistance around the world and the necessity to reduce the usage of antibiotics for healthcare and in livestock and aquaculture production. At De Heus Animal Nutrition we recognise the importance of this issue.