dairy - Energy Smart Farming | Energy Smart Farming

Topic: dairy

Image of a dam in Gippsland with water flowing over the spillway

Published - 12 October 2021
By Liz Hamilton

Have your say: Discussion of the Draft Central and Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy

The discussion draft of the Central and Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy has been released today for two months public consultation. The media release can …
Read More

AEIP, dairy, farm energy, Gippsland dairy, horticulture, irrigation, Renewable Energy, water strategy

Dairy, Events, Home, Livestock, Uncategorized

Cows being milked on a dairy rotisserie

Published - 25 May 2021
By Sarah Clack (Agriculture Victoria)

Energy Efficiency on Dairy Farms – Webinar recording

Are you wanting to reduce energy costs on-farm? Do you want to increase farm energy efficiency? Want to maximise the return from renewable energy sources? …
Read More

dairy, energy efficiency, solar, webinar

Dairy, Energy efficiency, Livestock, Solar

Man walking next to solar panels

Published - 27 January 2021
By John (JOC) O’Connor (NSW Department of Primary Industries)

Diesel saving tips for pumps

Water pumps are one of the big users of diesel in agriculture, along with tractors and field machinery. During NSW DPI’s first round of Farm …
Read More

dairy, diesel, diesel alternatives, energy efficiency, horticulture, protected cropping. bioenergy, Renewable Energy, renewables, solar, webinars, workshop

Case Studies, Case Studies, Dairy, Dairy, Energy efficiency, Energy efficiency, Home, Horticulture, Other renewables, Other renewables, Solar, Solar, Uncategorized

Dairy cows eating grass in a paddock

Published - 24 December 2020
By Christine Barsha (Sustainability Victoria) and Liz Hamilton (Agriculture Victoria)

Dairy energy audit in Gippsland

Dairy energy audit was an eye opener for Clydebank farmers
Wilco Droppert and Sandra Jefford knew that their dairy farm energy bills were high, but …
Read More

dairy, energy efficiency, Gippsland dairy, solar

Case Studies, Case Studies, Dairy, Energy efficiency, Home, Livestock, New technologies, Opportunities, Other helpful resources, Resources, Solar

Man walking through a goat dairy

Published - 8 December 2020
By Dom Murphy and Tim Johnston, Meredith Dairy

Meredith Dairy – Innovations in Renewable Energy

Walking the sustainability talk
In 1991, when Sandy and Julie Cameron changed their farming operation from wool production to focus on sheep dairy products, neither of …
Read More

bioenergy, biomass, cheese, dairy, goats, Meredith, sheep, solar

Bioenergy/ Biofuels, Bioenergy/ Biofuels, Case Studies, Case Studies, Energy efficiency, Energy efficiency, Livestock, Solar