Energy efficiency for your farm

Energy-efficient equipment can help manage your farm's energy costs by using less electricity. Your WPS agricultural consultant can help calculate potential savings and answer your questions.

Compressed Air

• Dairy farm compressed air
  When you have important work to do every day, you need your compressed air system to operate properly. A system that’s well taken care of will function better, last longer and save energy.

Lighting

• Long-day lighting
  Dairy operations experience increased milk production and profits through long-day lighting — especially when energy efficient lighting is used.
• Long-day lighting in dairy barns

Methane generation

• Methane gas recovery
  Farmers are using methane gas recovery to produce electricity and heat.
• Take time determining if methane digester fits your operation
• Farm energy from manure

Milk cooling

• Scroll compressors
  Scroll compressors use about 30 percent less electricity than conventional compressors.
• In-line milk cooling
  In-line milk cooling can save money by using less electricity.
• Milk precooler calculator
  Reduce energy costs by 20 to 30 percent by precooling milk with well water before it reaches the bulk tank.

Milking equipment

• Vacuum pump technology
  Milking equipment uses a lot of energy on dairy farms. Now there's a way to cut those energy costs in half.
• Vacuum pump calculator
  Reduce energy use during milking by up to 50 percent with a variable speed drive that attaches to your vacuum pump.

Ventilation

• Ventilation facts
  Proper ventilation improves energy-efficiency and animal health.
• Fact sheet
• University of Wisconsin study on HVLS fans
• Ventilation systems calculator
  Lower your operating costs up to 30 percent a year — and still keep your livestock comfortable — by using a high-efficiency ventilation system.

Other equipment

• Tractor heater timers
  Use this calculator to estimate how much you can save on energy costs by using timers on your tractor engine block heaters.

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