DACS A/S articles
”MagFan has changed our industry”
For many years Mr. Jackson Hung, owner of TP Health in Taiwan, has designed and installed many caged layer farms. The last five years MagFans from DACS have been his choice of fan and Mr. Hung has been surprised to see how this new fan technology has transformed the industry.
I knew I had a game changer
”In our region, layer farms have been facing great challenges since the m
One option stood out heads and shoulders above all the others
Ed Whiting, owner of Airport Farm, Taranaki, New Zealand, just completed his new 22,080 m² free range broiler chicken farm. All eight houses equipped with a DACS climate solution.
One option stood out
”We looked at many climate system for broiler chickens sheds in the world but we had one option that stood out heads and shoulders above all the others. Our
We see a 70% cut in heat consumption and a dry well-ventilated house no matter the time of year!
The brothers Jack and Mark Renders in Son & Breugel in The Netherlands produce 185,000 regular broilers in five houses. They chose DACS ventilation and controls for their new house, commissioned in September 2019.
Easier to operate
“The constant breeze of preheated air over the chicks from day one is a major advantage of the DACS ventilation
”DACS have a vast knowledge which they are always willing to share”
BPS Equipment is a family run business supplying complete equipment solutions to the UK poultry industry. BPS have been working with DACS for around 14 years and have sold many DACS climate control systems over the years.
Excellent crop of chickens
“We first realized the potential for the DACS system when we visited a project they had completed
“Eight years down the road my expectations have been fully met!”
Nearly eight years have passed since Emmanuel Destrijker from Plessisville, Quebec in Canada, installed a DACS ventilation system in his new layer house. Even though he was the first to buy such a system in Canada he was convinced the system would work. Eight years down the road his expectations have been fully met!
Air distributed to every single corner
Marc Van Thournout owns a broiler breeder farm and a hatchery near Pittem, Belgium. Marc distributes day-old chicks to several broiler farmers in the Pittem area. Nearly all of Marc´s houses are now equipped with DACS ventilation.
New broiler breeder house
– In 2010 I was planning for an expansion of my operation and was searching for new and better production methods in order to increase animal welfare and overall profitability on my farm.
“MagFans are whisper quiet and consume far less power than any other similar size fans on our farm.”
Bettapork in Queensland, Australia, is a 2000 sow full line production with three individual sites for sows, weaners and finishers. Laurie Brosnan is one of the owners of Bettapork and in charge of the production, and Laurie is constantly working to optimize his production, save energy, and increase animal welfare.
Quite convincing
Volodymyr Taratunskiy and his family from the village Kyrnasivka in the Vinnitsa region in Ukraine have been in the poultry business for 20 years. They produce and sell breeders and chickens. All raised in cages.
Best possible investment
It is a tough and volatile market, and I need to stay competitive. I always look for the best possible investments and I constantly try to optimize my business. I have always been troubled by a drop in performance in the cages
Ed Whiting, owner of Airport Farm, Taranaki, New Zealand just completed his new free range 22,080 m² boiler chicken farm. All eight houses equipped with a DACS climate solution.
One option stood out
We looked at many climate system for broiler chickens sheds in the world but we had one option that stood out heads and shoulders above all the others. Our main requirements were for a system that could work for both free-range and closed shed with high humidi
Erwin Nijssen from Grashoek in The Netherlands runs five houses for broilers.
All five houses lie side by side so in principle the production figures should be identical when looking at a two year production cycle. But they are not, Erwin Nijssen says.
The weight of the birds from the DACS shed is always significantly higher and this shed has delivered me the best production figures ever. There is always a good smell in the house, the litter stays dry and the