Feed and water control

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Automatic dry feed control for lower feed costs

With automatic feed control from Hotraco Agri, you can be sure the right amount of feed reaches your pigs in the barn at the right time. This automation system also gives you daily insight into feed consumption and feed costs. The system helps you to improve feed conversion and gives you insight into any deviations in feed consumption that may be an indication of the health of your animals. We are happy to help you automate the right dry feeding strategy.

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Basic Feeding: Simple feed control for silo augers and feed circuits

An automated feeding process offers a whole range of practical advantages. You can rest assured that your animals are automatically receiving the right amount of feed at the right time. With our Basic Feeding system, all the animals are fed ad lib and receive the same feed. Hotraco Agri can also control all types of dry feed systems, ranging from phase feeding and silo weighing to circuit and dosator control.

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Multiphase Feeding: Multiphase feed control for multiple feed circuits

Do you want to be able to select a specific portion and/or feed composition per animal or feed trough? Then the multiphase dry feed controller is just the thing for you. With this system you can change the composition of the feed on a daily basis to cater precisely to your pigs' needs. Various different feed types can be weighed, mixed and/or crushed, making it possible for you to select the feed composition yourself. Feed components can either come from silos or be added via feed metering devices (mini-dosing).

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Water monitoring

Drinking water is just as important for your animals as feed. Any discrepancies in water consumption can be an indication of the health of your animals. Our system closely monitors the water consumption of your animals and warns of any anomalies.

Benefits of good feed and water control

A well-automated feed and water control system ensures that your animals receive the right amount of feed on time and that you have insight into feed consumption and feed costs. It also helps you improve feed conversion and gives you a better indication of the health of your animals.

Exact feed dosing

Insights Into feed and water consumption per animal

Improved feed conversion

Monitoring current silo content

Feed/water ratio

Health indication

Complete barn automation

Automation system

Remote control

Farm management

Integrated switch panels

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New Livar farm equipped with advanced Thomas® system

In the new Livar pig houses in Meerlo the animals have plenty of space and unique access to the outdoors, and the houses are equipped with the latest marvels and modern technologies.

Modern farm for 6000 finishers

Recently, two new modern pig houses have been realized with the latest technology. The pigs in these farm are produced with the Beter-Leven-Keurmerk 1 star. All departments have daylighting and each animal has at least 1 square meter of living space. The ventilation is very closely regulated, using the SmartFlow principle. The SmartFlow measures the pressure difference between the section and the central plenum to compute how much air is flowing in each section. The whole farm is equipped with dimmable and non-dimmable LED lighting. The complete control of the climate and lighting is done by the modern Thomas® system. The system is linked to the EasyButton, that can be used to select variouis phases per section.

Perfect climate in trailers for pigs

In South Africa the Thomas® controls have been installed in trailers for pigs. The Thomas® system regulates the right climate for pigs during transport. This ensures a pleasant transport and a high health of the animals. The system is linked to a smartphone app, so that the climate can be controlled remotely.

Modern boar barn in Vietnam

At the end of 2015, a new boar barn was built in Vietnam. The new barn is one of the most modern barns in South East Asia. Hotraco Agri worked with VDL Agrotech to design the climate and feed control systems.

Feed automation for a pig barn in the United Kingdom

A pig barn in the United Kingdom has been fully automated to allow feed testing at the sty level. The barn has 24 feed silos and the feed is mixed and distributed to the various sties by two feed weighers.

Sow barn with SmartFlow ventilation system in Bulgaria

Our Bulgarian dealer Agroconsult recently established a new operation for sows in Bulgaria. The operation consists of one gestation barn for 288 sows, four farrowing sections, each with 36 places, three nursing sections, each with 900 piglets and two sections each with 87 sows.

Large pig company completed in Belarus

A large pig company for 1,500 sows has recently been completed in Belarus. Hotraco Agri, along with its local partner, designed the system for ventilation, cooling, heating and dry feed control. The entire operation comprises an insemination unit, gestation barn, six farrowing sections, nine nursing sections, 16 barns for fattening pigs, a barn for boars, two breeding units and also a quarantine room.

Thomas® successfully implemented at Dutch pig farm

The Thomas® automation system for pig farming was introduced at EuroTier 2016 and has already been successfully implemented at a Dutch pig farm by our dealer E.T.B. van Heerdt. The Thomas® system guarantees perfect harmony between control computers and dry feed and ventilation systems. The system is linked to an app that allows the pig farmer to view and change any of the settings and operate all the control computers.

Automation in pig barns in South Africa

Another pig barn in South Africa has been automated with the Hotraco system. It concerns four barns with a total of eight compartments. Each compartment contains 1,100 piglets, weighing between 6 and 35 kg. The SIRIUS computer controls the ventilation, heating and extra cooling. The feed is registered via silo weighing. The computers are connected to the SMARTLINK-RM, which makes remote control possible. The SIRIUS computer can be controlled via a smartphone, tablet or PC using the Remote+ app. In this way, the staff are able to respond quickly to situations in the barns, no matter where they happen to be.

Hotraco Agri participating in study on ‘LED lighting for pigs’

Hotraco Agri is participating in a study at Wageningen University and Research about LED lighting in pig barns. The study is being conducted by Wageningen Livestock Research at the Swine Innovation Centre (VIC), Sterksel. This is the multifunctional research centre for modern, innovative and sustainable pig farming. Hotraco Agri is working on this study together with the groups DLV Consultancy, Rofianda, Wageningen Livestock Research. The study is looking at the effect of LED light on the well-being, productivity and behaviour of pigs. Hotraco Agri is participating with the new Thomas® Automation System for pig farming. Thomas® controls the LED lighting in the barn and records the lux levels. Thomas® also controls the climate here. The CO2, NH3 and RV levels are measures and recorded. The study is fully underway, see the photos here.

Thomas® SmartFlow maintains optimal climate for fattening pigs

Two brand new pig fattening barns are currently under construction in Odiliapeel, a small village in the province of Brabant. The new buildings will meet the very latest requirements for animal welfare, environment and fire safety. One of the two barns, which will house 1728 fattening pigs and 2304 piglets, was recently completed. Our dealer Van Boxtel Elektro installed the system there.

No more worrying about my ventilation!

Pig farmer Louis Klomp is very positive about the Thomas® system in his barn. At the end of 2017 a major expansion was carried out at the Klomp pig holding in Moergestel (NL). Since the expansion the company has 1200 sows and about 6,000 weaners, and there is another barn in Heukelom with just under 6,000 fattening pigs. The Thomas® automation system in the new barn was installed by local dealer Wouters Klimaattechniek. This gives the pig farmer complete control over the climate and lighting within his company. ‘The system is the heart of the barn and easy to operate via the phone,’ Klomp says.

Pleasant temperatures in the rooms

The Thomas® climate system has been successfully installed in the family Duppenthaler’s 9-room pig farm in the municipality of Melchnau, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The ventilation system for approximately 850 fattening pigs was installed by the firm JENNI Lüftungen AG from Ruswil.

Climate control without measuring fans

In 2013 Cor and Jannes van Limpt put their new pighouse for finishers into operation. The climate is controlled on the basis of pressure and temperature measurement.