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Easy and successful farming of black soldier fly larvae

Easy and successful farming of black soldier fly larvae

Easy and successful farming of black soldier fly larvae

Product catalog summary
Introduction
BETTER INSECT SOLUTIONS, in collaboration with FARMINSECT, offers a modern and efficient approach to insect farming, specifically focusing on black soldier fly larvae. This initiative provides farmers with the technology and expertise needed to produce high-quality, protein-rich feedstuffs from regionally sourced side streams, promoting sustainability and reducing CO2 emissions.

System Components
The farming system includes several key components:
  • Computer-controlled feeding technology
  • Robotics for crate management
  • Climate chamber with automatic control of temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels
  • Crate systems for larvae growth
These components ensure efficient operation with minimal time investment from farmers.

Farming Process
The process involves:
  • Using a computer-controlled liquid feeding system to mix wet feed for larvae.
  • Employing robotics to manage crates and separate larvae from frass, which can be used as organic fertilizer or in biogas plants.
  • Maintaining optimal climate conditions in a climate chamber to ensure rapid larvae growth.
Larvae can multiply their weight by 250 times in one week, with a production capacity of 150 tonnes per climate chamber annually.

Feed and Nutrition
The larvae are fed with regionally sourced side streams, mixed to a dry matter content of 22-25%. This supports a circular economy. The nutritional profile of the larvae includes:
  • High protein content (14-18% fresh/frozen, 40-45% dried)
  • Crude fat (10-12% fresh/frozen, 20-22% dried)
  • Energy content (5-6 MJ/kg DM fresh/frozen, 12-18 MJ/kg DM dried)


Benefits and Applications
Larvae provide a natural and highly digestible protein source for livestock, reducing the need for soy imports and enhancing self-sufficiency in protein production. The system is modular, allowing for scalability.

Contact Information
For more information, contact BETTER INSECT SOLUTIONS or FARMINSECT through the provided phone numbers and email addresses.
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Production of high-quality, protein-rich feedstuffs from regionally sourced side streams Looking for a new, future-oriented money-making enterprise for your farm? Here’s an opportunity for you! BETTER INSECT SOLUTIONS provides, in cooperation with FARMINSECT, larvae, technology and know-how for modern, environmentally-safe and efficient insect farming. The grown larvae can be used for a wide range of applications, for example directly as feed for fish and other livestock. Alternatively, FARMINSECT will market the larvae for you. In this way, your locally produced high-quality proteins are a sustainable...

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Robotics: time savings Via feed pipes and four feed valves, the required quantity of wet feed is precisely fed into the crates. The robot stacks the crates with the feed on a pallet. From an adjacent pallet, the robot takes the crates with the fullygrown larvae and empties the insects into a sieve. Special sieving technology is employed to separate larvae and their faeces or so-called frass. Frass is a very sustainable and organic fertiliser that helps the soil to build up humus. Alternatively, the frass can be used in biogas plants. Four feed valves per crate dispense the fresh feed required...

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Climate chamber with temperature and humidity control An exactly weighed batch of young larvae is added to the freshly dispensed feed mix. The crates are then ready to be moved into the climate chamber for one week. In the climate chamber, the temperature and humidity conditions must remain very constant. This is guaranteed by a climate computer that controls fresh and exhaust air fans and a heating system. Since the larvae also generate heat, use of a heat exchanger to recover up to 50 per cent of the exhaust air heat is recommended. Five-day-old larvae are added to every crate Five-day-old...

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