Feeding the world is our business. Farmers around the world rely on Big Dutchman. Because our high-tech farming solutions for protein and plants make them successful. As a family business, we think about and take action for future generations – and promote animal-friendly and sustainable solutions as an integral part of what we offer.
In more than 150 countries and across five continents, Big Dutchman is a trademark for lasting quality, reliable service and unsurpassed know-how. Thanks to the tireless dedication of 3,200 employees worldwide, we are considered the world market leader. Big Dutchman offers intriguing tasks and demanding challenges in trend-setting projects for experts, graduates, trainees and interns alike.
Jack and Dick DeWitt revolutionized poultry management when they designed the first automatic poultry feeder in 1938. Twenty years later, they hired a farmer from Calveslage named Josef Meerpohl as an agent for Northern Germany – a good decision, as it turned out over the next decades.