Agrotop constructs eight broiler sheds for New South Wales poultry farm

Agrotop has completed a project to build eight new broiler sheds at the Brubri poultry farm in northern New South Wales, Australia.

The 16 shed broiler Brubri operation is located near Manilla, New South Wales, is run by Bruce and Martin Russell. Each of the eight sheds, provided by Agrotop, contains about 45,000 chickens.

The successful project, won media coverage by the Poultry Digest magazine. In an article entitled Agrotop sheds for the next generation of poultry farmers, reporter Alex Bedwell, who visited the farm, praised Agrotop for its quality of service and professionalism.

According to the report, one of the main advantages of the Agrotop shed is its construction using fully galvanized I Beams. The reporter noted, that some competitors use RHS beams that are CAD coated and not fully galvanized and this means the I Beams have better resistance to the corrosion created by the ammonia from the birds.

Another advantage of the Agrotop shed is that it has a fully sealed and insulated attic space. This means that it is better for pest control and that in winter roof vents can be opened to let warm air from the attic circulate around the sheds reducing the need for the Black Heat infrared gas heaters.

“A supervisor from Agrotop came to assist with the first four sheds. By the time we were building the last two sheds we were able to construct the entire frame in just two days,” Bruce Russell told Poultry Digest. “We thought the sheds were good value for money.”

OEC, which worked with Agrotop, supplied Israeli made Plasson drinkers, EzyPan Feeders, PTN Mini Vents and Light Covers made in New Zealand. Agrotop provided in addition LED lighting, which uses less than two amps per shed. The green LED lights are used for the young birds and blue for the older birds.

“It is believed by creating sunrise and sunset, and using different colors at different ages we can positively affect the hormonal development and thereby increase growth,” said Martin Bruce. “After nearly completing the sheds we found that the cable for the LED lights was missing. After calling Agrotop in Israel on the Thursday to ask them to supply the missing cable, it arrived the following Tuesday and we able to put in a first batch of birds two days later.”