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POULTRY

About Big Dutchman climate control and air cleaning. The automatic feeding system. Today, the
Big Dutchman is the world’s lead- scope of services varies from small to company headquarters are located in
ing equipment supplier for modern large, fully integrated turn-key farms. Vechta, Germany, where about 850 of
poultry production. The product Big Dutchman provides its customers the 3,400 employees worldwide work.
range includes traditional and com- with all options – from planning to The reliable systems from the German
puter-controlled feeding and hous- commissioning. The company’s history poultry equipment supplier can be
ing equipment as well as systems for dates back to 1938, when the compa- found across all five continents and in
ny founders invented the world’s first more than 100 countries.
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ARBOR ACRES SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRATE 140

AND 400 CLUB MEMBERS SUCCESS

Aviagen® distributor, Arbor Acres®
South Africa recently awarded a num-
ber of customers with Arbor Acres 140
and 400 Club awards.
The Arbor Acres 400 Club recogniz-
es producers who achieve a European
Product Efficiency Factor (EPEF) of 400
or more with their broiler flocks. The
Arbor Acres 140 Club membership is
awarded to customers who achieve a
breeder performance of 140 or more
chicks per hen housed (chicks/hh) at
60 weeks. Membership for both Clubs
requires excellent stockmanship in ar-
eas such as biosecurity, environmental
management and nutrition.
The Arbor Acres 2021 Club awards Customers in South Africa are commended for their outstanding
related to the period of November breeder and broiler performance
2020 to October 2021, and all produc-
ers who supplied data throughout this
timeframe, which met the requirements Supreme Poultry • Arie van Wyk: EPEF 418
for both Clubs, automatically gained • Hennie du Plessis: EPEF 428
entry into the Clubs. A total of 26 140 140 Club • Elna Oosthuizen: EPEF 434
Club awards and 22 400 Club awards • Hein van Wyk: 156 chicks/hh
were given out, as outlined below. • Gustav Aspeling: 154 chicks/hh • Andre Koen: EPEF 410
• Gary Mbundire: EPEF 407
Chubby Chick • Jonathan Watson: 156 chicks/hh • Conrad Bruwer: EPEF 401
(top flock)
140 Club • Theunis Oosthuizen: EPEF 406
• Cooper Emms: 159 chicks/hh Caledon • Jan-Louis Marais: EPEF 418
• Joe Van Dyk: 157 chicks/hh 140 Club • Jonathan Hobden: EPEF 419
• Derick Burgers: 159 chicks/hh • Charles Matamba: 161 chicks/hh • Stephanus Pretorius: EPEF 427
Arno van der Nat, General Manager,
• Deon, Jonathan & John Fourie: 159 • Promise Machepi, Ndumiso Arbor Acres South Africa commented,
chicks/hh Khumalo,Charles Matamba & “It has been hugely rewarding seeing
Darlington Kamutanho: 161 the exceptional results that Arbor Acres
400 Club chicks/hh South Africa customers have achieved,
• Gerrit Burgers: EPEF 420 especially with the challenges we have
• Boeta Burgers: EPEF 405 VKB faced in the industry throughout 2021. I
• Terrence Taylor: EPEF 425 (top 400 Club would like to thank our loyal customers
flock) • Mike Potgieter: EPEF 419 for their continued support and look
forward to continuing our success to-
• Deon, Jonathan & John Fourie: EPEF • Jurie Jonker: EPEF 429 gether, assisted by our dedicated and
425 (top flock) qualified customer support team.”

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