Boars rewarded for going around 
independently

01-10-2015 | | |
The DateGate system in practice. Essentially it is an automatic circuit for boars, who go round the insemination house, to find feed at the end of the circuit.
The DateGate system in practice. Essentially it is an automatic circuit for boars, who go round the insemination house, to find feed at the end of the circuit.
Better farming is often a matter of rearranging things more ?logically. Peter Druijff, pig farmer in the Netherlands is proud to show his farm. Why guide boars on their round through an insemination room when they can also do it themselves? The location in the Netherlands is one that is particularly known for poultry – in the heart of the Veluwe area, famous for its Barnevelder chicken breeds. Still, the area houses quite a number of swine operations as well – one of them being the farm of P


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