"Very satisfied! No problems with the Polem silos and they are easy to clean"

Rune Thomsen is manager of a broiler farm, the Williamsborg estate in Denmark. The company grows wheat, barley, rapeseed and peas on more than 1,000 hectares. They also have 110,000 broiler chickens.

In 2015, an outdated pig farm was acquired that was in urgent need of renovation. The old stables were dismantled, leaving a blank canvas for the future of the farm. Over the next two years, 2015 and 2016, two impressive, identical sheds emerged from the dust and ruins. These new buildings were intended to house up to55,000 broilers each, and they promised a new era for the company. Surrounding these shiny new sheds are a total of six impressive broiler feed silos from the renowned Polem brand. Four of these silos have a generous capacity of 60 cubic meters, while the remaining two have a slightly more modest capacity of 13cubic meters. These smaller silos are used as buffer storage for their own wheat which is mixed with the feed coming from the factory. Equipped with top and bottom sensors they are automatically filled from the bigger storage behind them. Due to current wheat prices this is not in use at the time, but it works really well and will be used again in the future. The seamless construction of the silos eliminates potential weak points, safeguarding the stored feed against contaminants and maintaining optimal storage conditions.

The manager, Rune Thomsen, showed approval as he spoke: "Very satisfied! No problems at all with these silos, and they were easy to clean in a recent case of salmonella." Another great benefit, These silos a redesigned to endure the test of time, ensuring that the investment yields returns for years to come.

The sheds on this typical Danish poultry farm, each with an area of approximately 3,000 square meters, followed the well-known pattern of broiler farming. Feeding lines, an ingenious combined system for ridge and longitudinal ventilation, inlet valves, six water lines and a generous amount of thick litter provided the optimal environment for the chicks.