BFN Fusion Livestock Farm Data Platform

Big Dutchman is a livestock equipment group headquartered in Vechta-Calveslage, Germany, whose history goes back to 1938, when the DeWitt brothers founded the Automatic Poultry Feeder Co. in the USA. It supplies feeding, housing, climate, lighting and residue systems for egg production, poultry growing and pig production, and runs subsidiaries in Asia including Big Dutchman Viet Nam and a regional headquarters in Klang, Malaysia.

BFN Fusion is its cloud software platform for farm managers, integrators, family farms and large enterprises. It collects sensor data that already exists on farms, cleans and structures it, and gives a central real-time view of all houses and sites through a PC portal and a smartphone app with remote access. Modules cover production monitoring, growth and feeding curves, automatic documentation of animal health and welfare, and an export module to connect ERP and analytics systems. The OrbitX gateway merges data from different equipment brands, so integrators can connect all farms regardless of hardware.

• Cloud portal: access via my.bigdutchman.com with activated module bundles.
• BFN Fusion app: live farm data and remote access on smartphones.
• Production monitoring: dashboards for egg, broiler and pig production across sites.
• Curve management: create and adjust growth, feeding and lighting curves per batch.
• Export module: integrates farm data with ERP and analytics platforms.
• OrbitX gateway: merges data from different equipment brands into one standard format.

• Broiler and layer integrators monitoring contract farms from a central office.
• Pig companies linking farm performance data with ERP for cost and batch analysis.
• Egg producers automating welfare and production documentation for export customers.

• Gives integrators one central, real-time view of all farms and houses, wherever they are.
• Removes manual data collection and reduces human error through automatic, standardised sensor data.
• Automates documentation of animal health and welfare for audits and compliance.
• Works with existing hardware from different suppliers through the OrbitX gateway.

Poultry and pig integrators in Southeast Asia operate many farms with mixed equipment and need standardised data for performance, traceability and welfare reporting. In Vietnam, large companies are expanding closed houses and contract farming, which increases demand for cloud platforms that connect farms, feed mills and ERP systems.

Big Dutchman AG is a family-owned group based in Vechta-Calveslage, Germany. Its roots date to 1938 in the USA; the German subsidiary began in 1963. It operates Big Dutchman Viet Nam and a regional Asian headquarters in Klang, Malaysia. Lucretia Löscher became COO in August 2026.