Modernization of the Cal Llacuna farm with Porfeed Prosystem

Cal Llacuna in Òdena (Barcelona), near Igualada, is a traditional Catalan farmhouse that has been able to adapt to the passing of time. Thanks to the involvement of the new generations and their commitment to technology in the rural world, they are a precision farm with a promising future. With the modernization carried out, they have established themselves as a reference family livestock company producing high quality products.

The pig farm has a 60 x 17 m building that houses three 20 x 17 m rooms. Each room has been distributed and divided with Porpanel to configure 20 pens in each one. This resulted in spacious pens of 2.8×4.4 m, in which they also installed toys to ensure greater welfare for their pigs. On the outside of the building there are 3 silos that allow to combine 3 types of feed and achieve a specific mixture adjusted to the nutritional needs of each growth stage.

Porinox has installed the multiphase feeding system in the farm, supplying all the equipment to give different feed diets to the different groups of animals according to the needs and circumstances of the pigs' growth.

The control and management of the feeding, properly programmed, is carried out automatically according to the nutritional needs of each group of animals (Porfeed Prosystem multiphase feeding system).

"Porinox has supplied the equipment for the conversion of the traditional feedlot to a precision feedlot with multiphase feeding."

In this project, the multiphase system has been installed in a room adjacent to the warehouse, where the kitchen, weighing, control cabinet and pneumatic systems are located.

The installation consists of 18 solenoid valves per barn feeding 36 feeders (one solenoid valve for two feeders). In this way, the installation is simplified and we can then feed the barns independently according to their needs.

This family pig farm in the Anoia region, Cal Llacuna, has modernized and invested in improving its facilities. Thanks to the generational change, they have become a fantastic example of a sustainable, modern, efficient and high quality production farm.