Rearing layer parent stock: checking all the legislative boxes

The Van den Brink family in the Dutch town of Overberg switched 5 years ago from rearing layers to rearing layer parent stock. With the slightly higher compensations from breeding company Hendrix Genetics, the family started to future-proof their operations. Farming runs in the blood of the Van den Brink family. Current owner Marinus van den Brink took over the mixed agricultural business from his parents in 1980. “When I grew into the business, we had dairy cows, sows and fattening pigs an