On- Farm Efficiency. Agriculture production input prices are certainly unstable in a highly volatile market. Among the largest annual expenses for producers is the cost for irrigating and post- harvest treatments of their crops, controlling animal housing facilities, managing energy use in often outdated dairy systems under daily use and wear, and greenhouse production facilities using heating through Winter production and ventilation during the Summer months. A wind turbine is a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy into electrical power. Wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal. Implementing farm energy efficiency measures can be an easy way to help your bottom line and serve as an entry point to the sustainability conversation for your farm. To help manage energy price variability of recent times, Purdue has built a service to support making improvements and a toolbox for producers to utilize when increasing energy efficiency on- farm. This program involves evaluating and making calculations of your existing system efficiency, and comparing it to the proposed new systems. Producers may use this audit report to apply for the USDA REAP program, or through other incentive programs facilitated by local utility companies. Chad Martin is a Renewable Energy Extension Specialist within the Purdue Ag & Biological Engineering Department, and is a Certified Farm Energy Auditor according to ASABE Standards. He works closely with Dr.
Klein Ileleji who is the Extension Engineer for the Purdue ABE Department. Contact us to visit further about services available for the following sectors: Grain Drying. Irrigation Improvements Dairy Farm Operations Livestock Confinement Systems Greenhouse Growing Facilities. Aquaculture Systems Please complete the following energy audit request form. Determining Energy Needs of your Current Operating Systems. Heating Fuel Comparison Calculatorfrom the U. S. Energy Information Administration. On- Farm Efficiency Publications.
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