Using energy on the dairy costs money.
Using it wisely results in lower costs and increased productivity.

In the future, reports, presentation, and papers talking about the different areas on a dairy where energy is used and possible ways to increase efficiencies in milk production will be available for your perusal.

A good place to start is the Dairy Farm Energy Management Guide. The guidebook offers over 100 pages of energy information collected from California dairies and looking at ways to compare energy consumption. Some dairies use 50% less energy to do the same job as others. Take a look at some of the comparisons.

The links on the left are web page references that should offer you additional information on the various major energy users on a dairy farm.

Please check them out. You may find information that will help you better manage and lower your operational energy costs.