Paolo Pandolfi, Aza International, interviews Jérémy Fillon, owner of turkey farms in the region of Brittany, France

Mr Jérémy Fillon has been managing his several turkey farms for ten years at Lanouée in the Brittany region, in northern France and cooperates with Le Gouessant group. Mr Fillon, owner and CEO of his farms, has recently met Mr Paolo Pandolfi, export managing director of AZA INTERNATIONAL, an Italian leader in pig and poultry feeding systems.

The meeting focussed on the MIXTA, the multipurpose feed pan for broilers and turkeys designed by AZA INTERNATIONAL and working at Mr Fillon’s farms for some years.

Mr Fillon, why did you choose AZA INTERNATIONAL and why did you decide to purchase the MIXTA feed pan?

Well, I chose AZA INTERNATIONAL because it’s been synonymous with quality and reliability for more than sixty years. Here in Brittanty, I visited farms with AZA’s feeding systems installed in the eighties which are still working and the fact that your company can still supply spares after so many years, made me not hesitate about my choice. The main reason I’ve chosen MIXTA is the simplicity of use, besides the competitive price in comparison with the existing feed pans of the same class made by other competitors.

Briefly, what are the advantages that you noticed in this feed pan?

The main advantage is surely the automatic adjustment of the minimum and maximum feed quantity. Mixta really assures that just very little fine feed remains in the bottom of the pan. It’s very easy to wash and clean thanks to its automatic swinging opening system which allows deep cleaning even inside the tube hole. This is not possible with any other pan in the market.

Could you explain how your system works?

MIXTA feed pans are filled by a flex auger system and during the chick phase they are set automatically in first phase position so that maximum quantity of feed is available inside the pan. The anti-chick ring prevents chicks from climbing in the pan and soiling the feed.

After approx. 15/20 days, I raise the feeding line and the pans set themselves automatically to the adult phase so that minimum quantity of feed is assured and waste or feed selection are strongly reduced.

After approximately 30/35 days, I assemble easily the big ring for the adult phase which remains till the end of the flock and prevents adult turkeys from wasting feed. I’m sure that I’ll definitely go for this pan in the other farms I’m going to build, considering its simple usage and management.

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