Dairy Energy Solutions
Long-day lighting (LDL) is a simple and well-proven technique to increase milk production and profitability. When investing in long-day lighting, the typical payback is one year or less, the net profit is $100 or more per cow per year, and the return on investment is at least 100 percent. This translates to $10,000 added net income annually for a 100-cow dairy, or $100,000 per year for a 1,000-cow dairy.
Farmers who previously concluded they were unable to practice LDL because they milk three times a day - 3X - or almost 24/7, should give long-day lighting another look when planning to modernize their operation.
Numerous research studies in North America have clearly demonstrated that when dairy cows are provided summer-like, long days also in the winter, they respond by giving about 5 pounds more milk per day.
NiteLiter™ Fixture
Orion’s NiteLiter™ fixture series overcomes the difficulty of dark periods on 3X dairies. The new fixture provides full spectrum lighting with a pleasant dim light when on low power at night.
“The lights have been great. Even at night,
you can read an ear tag and write it down.
We‘ve got nice light throughout the barn.”
Paul Adams
Owner and Operator, Adam‘s Dairy
Eleva, WI
Practicing LDL
