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Mirjana Rakić – Customer Service

With more than 20 years of experience in the animal nutrition industry — all at the same production site in Šabac — Mirjana Rakić has seen the site evolve from Proteinka to De Heus Serbia, following the acquisition in 2015. Today, she plays a key role within the Customer Service team and is widely regarded as one of the most respected and well-liked colleagues across departments.

"The key to switching to De Heus was having someone I could trust technically"

Discover the story of the González García family and their intensive dairy goat farm.

How sourcing raw materials locally can improve the lives of rural farmers in Ghana

To achieve a sustainable supply chain and foster communities, De Heus Ghana's ambition is to purchase at least 50% of its raw materials from local sources by 2025. In this way, the company can improve the whole supply chain along with the economic position of local farmers. This requires the local business unit to collaborate with strong partners who share De Heus' values.

How to make the most of your heifer potential

Dairy calves are born with extremely high genetic potential, which every farmer has the opportunity to unlock through good nutrition and management during rearing.

Marcin Wojno - Warehouse Manager

Marcin Wojno has worked for De Heus since 2011, having joined the team at the Łomża plant as a warehouse manager. He already had experience in both team management and working in a warehouse, but had no idea about the feed industry and production. However, he was interested by the job and the company with its established position on the market, respect for its employees, and the potential development opportunities and independence. So, he decided to apply.

Responsible Use of Antibiotics | Feed for Food by De Heus

Explore how De Heus promotes the responsible use of antibiotics in animal nutrition to safeguard animal health, reduce resistance, and protect public health.

Stimulate the efficiency of phosphates and minerals

In Europe dairy farmers are limited in their business management by the phosphate regulations introduced on 2 July 2015. If they want to grow without purchasing extra land or extra phosphate rights, they simply have to produce more milk per kilogramme of phosphate. This requires a careful strategy, which may vary from one company to the next.

Weaning all piglets as healthy as possible

The number of live born piglets per sow is increasing year by year. On average, there are over 14 live born piglet in a litter and for farms ranked among the top 20% in Holland this figure is as high as 15 live born piglets. Given this many liveborn piglets, it can be a challenge to rear them all up to weaning. Supplying extra milk in the farrowing room, in cups or by hand, can support the sow in weaning more piglets. In addition, motherless rearing can also aid in increasing the number of piglets weaned.

Making optimum use of side streams

Side streams from the food industry can often be fed straight to livestock. Particularly pig farmers are able to benefit from these. Especially where high-energy foods are concerned. These include potato peals from chip production or wheat starch resulting from the production of soft drinks. Other sources include protein-rich yeast from the beer industry and the whey that is drained off after cheese production. These represent excellent feed ingredients with high-quality nutrients. Our pig farming department in the Netherlands is manned by a team of specialists who are happy to support pig farmers regarding the optimum utilisation of side streams.

Technical Application Engineer