Automate your field irrigation and water drilling for when it is cheapest

Automate your field irrigation and water drilling for when it is cheapest

Intelligent field irrigation

With intelligent light control, you can ensure maximum focus on operations as well as costs when irrigating fields. Watering is resource intensive, so why not do it intelligently?Automation of irrigation and thus pump operation in, for example, a water well can be based on a number of parameters, such as:
  • Time – if watering is to be done at certain times
  • Third-party data – optimal watering in relation to evaporation
  • Season, calendar, weather – local considerations of temperature, sun, humidity etc. are included in the calculation of when it is best to water
  • Economy – if watering is to be done regardless of the time of day, automation can ensure that it happens when the price of electricity is the cheapest. If it is not possible to automate, it can be ensured that you will be notified of which period of time when is the cheapest.
Time of year, weather and the price of electricity can of course be combined so that you achieve the greatest possible efficiency and savings in energy consumption.
Automation creates security – there is 100% focus on both animal welfare and costs

Automation creates security – there is 100% focus on both animal welfare and costs

Reassurance

Automation creates security. Every time a manual process is made automatic, the probability that it will be forgotten or handled differently from time to time disappears at the same time.

With intelligent automation, you also ensure that work tasks are done as necessary, at the right time and at the most optimal cost. In other words, there is 100% focus on both animal welfare and costs.

Security is also created in the form of the possibility to set up alarms, where you will be notified directly by SMS or email if the alarm goes off. Alarm types, threshold values ​​and the rules governing these can be set up as needed and what is possible. This allows you to quickly intervene when an unfortunate event occurs. It can, for example, be in the form of increased consumption above normal, leaks, or abnormal fluctuations in your consumption. If you do not detect abnormal events in time, it can mean financial losses.

Additional security is created by the fact that you can access your data at any time and see the development in energy consumption etc. In addition, monthly and annual reports are automatically received in your mailbox, which tells the consumption development, in comparison with previous years. At the same time, you get a forecast based on your data for the expected future consumption for the rest of the year. In this way, you can continuously monitor whether your consumption and your budget match your expectations.

Automated light control provides 100% security for the welfare of the animals

Automated light control provides 100% security for the welfare of the animals

The 8 hour rule

To ensure maximum welfare for pigs, they must not be kept in permanent light or permanent darkness.

In the LBK on the protection of pigs, Section 8, it is stated that pigs must be kept in lighting that follows a 24-hour rhythm and has continuous periods of at least 8 hours per day with light and darkness respectively. The light must also have a light intensity of at least 40 lux.*

With a light meter and automated on/off, it will be possible to utilize the natural light from outside, and only supplement with energy-intensive lighting when necessary. Especially in the winter, it is a problem to achieve the 8 hours with natural lighting.

Automation of on/off provides 100% security for the welfare of the animals – and at the same time ensures that no more energy is used for the task than is absolutely necessary (Fødevarestyrelsen, 2020)*.