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Rejigged tariffs and equipment fixes to boost Riverina dairy farm's bottom line
Read More... Dairy cows: an energy audit of Carramar dairy farm in the southern Riverina showed that renegotiating their electricity ... dairy was measured, as was the performance of dairy equipment and the provision of hot water, lighting and cooling to both dairy ...
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Overview of energy savings opportunities in Dairy
Read More... the energy efficiency of dairy buildings and associated equipment. Priority areas may include lighting, insulation, motors and ... Lighting efficiency Assessing the light fixtures in farm buildings and upgrading those that are old and outdated can lead to major ...
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Energy audit leads to substantial savings for Dubbo dairy enterprise
Read More... funded by Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF), established the farm’s baseline energy consumption in comparison to industry benchmarks for ... monitored; this included reviewing the performance of the equipment and systems used for milk cooling, milk vacuum pumping, and the ...
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Boosting coolroom efficiency with VSDs, electrifying spraying operations and investing in solar could bring energy savings of 40% to Northern Rivers fruit farm
Read More... Mark Napper owns Fruits of Byron, a boutique fruit farm near Byron Bay in north-eastern New South Wales. Shaun, the farm manager, ... at the feasibility of switching some of his diesel-fuelled equipment over to electrical power. While he explores these cost-cutting ...
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Low cost energy opportunities deliver over $20k of energy savings for mixed cropping farm in Northern NSW
Read More... Stump are the owners of Windella, a mixed cropping/grazing farm operation located between Walgett and Moree. The farm grows a mix of ... term, in addition to installing new fuel measurement equipment, diesel fuel savings will be achieved by communicating efficiency ...
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Insights provided by fuel and electricity monitoring drive energy plans for sheep farm near Conargo
Read More... Steam Plains’ energy use by type NSW Farmers The farm’s largest energy expense is running diesel pumps to lift and distribute ... power onto the farm. So we invested in power conditioning equipment, stabilising our power and helping us to size our solar system to ...
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Solar + energy storage key to savings for Central West feedlot
Read More... feed and cattle. The largest user of electricity on-farm is the feed mill, which uses a process called ‘tempering’ to wet the ... a groundspeed radar/slip monitor (many tractors have such equipment or can be retrofitted in the field). Calibrate existing ...
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Backyard ingenuity reduces energy costs in Griffith
Read More... time, machinery and effort into developing prototype equipment that will collect and compress biomass into a form that can be ... this investigation. Ian runs Gum Creek, an 11,000 acre farm in the Riverina area. The farm grows rice and grazes cattle, and utilises ...
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AgQuip field days 2018
Read More... largest marketplace for new agricultural and rural products, equipment and services AgQuip runs for three days annually in winter. First ... ag-related companies will converge on the site to launch new farm products and services to an expected 100,000-plus visitors. Company ...
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Reduce the speed, reduce the cost: variable speed drives on pumping systems lead irrigation efficiency measures for Gunnedah cropping enterprise
Read More... with the NSW Farmers’ Energy Team, the Kensal Green farm in Gunnedah identified significant energy savings opportunities over the ... assembled information on all of the farm’s energy-using equipment and estimated fuel/energy use per year. This information is shown in ...