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New Hydronic Heating System Worth the Extra Scratch for Ontario Chicken Farmer

New Hydronic Heating System Worth the Extra Scratch for Ontario Chicken Farmer

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AQUATHERM PP-R PIPING’S FLAMELESS HEAT-FUSION TECHNIQUE A PLUS FOR FORMER FIRE VICTIM H ugh Haverkamp has 35 days to take a barn full of baby chicks from a weight of less than 2 oz to 5 lb. That not only takes a lot of chicken feed, it takes a lot of heat, especially when you raise more than 500,000 chickens a year. As a chicken farmer in Listowel, ON, Canada, Haverkamp knows all too well how difficult, costly, and even dangerous a challenge that can be. In recent years, Ontario livestock fires have resulted in as much as $35 million in losses per year, not including loss of equipment, agricultural products, or livestock. Haverkamp experienced such a loss himself when one of his chicken barns went up in flames in 2016. Although the cause of the fire was never determine

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