Successful insect farming requires perfect conditions for growth
Better Insect Solutions (BIS) is a joint brand of Inno+, Skov and Big Dutchman. All three companies are leading technology suppliers in their different branches of the agribusiness and complement each other’s product ranges perfectly.
BIS provides an end-to-end solution that includes: Sparring on production, designs, site layout, and costs, equipment and system testing in own lab facilities, pilot production testing, own manufacturing and service teams and integration with other key technology partners providing turnkey solutions.
Since 2020, BIS has been in operation within the insect farming sector bringing proven technology solutions of the Big Dutchman Group sister companies from animal farming to market. In parallel, complementary development has been initiated and is ongoing.
This includes, for instance, launching a unique climate system and optimized feeding systems designed specifically for insect farming; ensuring that BIS today has a total solution for insect farming based on in-house products and systems. Our portfolio covers housing, climate systems, air cleaning, heat recovery, feeding systems, frass handling, crates (for nursery, grow-out and pupa), breeding systems and management systems.
All are supported by our extensive know-how of animal and insect farming and offered in collaboration with key logistics and processing partners. Our focus is on the black soldier fly (BSF), but also covers farming of the lesser and common mealworms.
About Big Dutchman?
Big Dutchman has developed and realized cost-efficient feeding systems and housing equipment for modern pig and poultry production since 1938. Big Dutchman is the recognized market leader of the animal farming industry. Across five continents and in more than 100 countries, our name stands for long-lasting quality, rapid service, and unsurpassed know-how. Our innovations have had considerable impact on livestock management and will continue to do so – now with insect farming.
The Importance of Good Feed Preparation
Successful insect farming requires perfect conditions for growth. Hence, we have modified our robust high-tech solutions, which have proven their worth in farmhouses all over the world, to meet the specific needs of insect farms. Our reliable and energy-saving technologies enable our customers to operate economically from the beginning. Big Dutchman offers high-quality silos for inside and outside use along with all the accessories required for hygienic feed storage. With Big Dutchman conveying systems, your feed passes from the silo into the house safely and without any loss of quality – supported by augers and spirals in a variety of sizes.
The Big Dutchman feeding system Insect Mixpro is an extremely flexible modular system that provides insects with liquid feed, especially for black soldier fly. Every system is matched to the volume to be supplied and the local conditions on the farm. To be able to meet our customers’ demands at any time, our engineers are constantly enhancing the system. We can therefore offer several different system types under the name InsectMixpro.
The opportunity to use insect frass as an organic fertilizer
Pelletizing frass from insects is a natural continuation of clever residue treatment. It is necessary to dry the frass to ensure a good and stable process that produces a hygienized high-quality product avoiding breaking of pellets and mould. With our drying systems, we are able to set up the whole frass management from the insect farming enabling versatile marketing possibilities of an organic fertilizer.
