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20 years ago as a 30 something women I lived in a remote farmhouse alone with my two sons then aged 5 & 7 years. I was woken at 3am when the security lights were triggered, I looked out of the bedroom window to see a man approaching the garages. Unfortunately I hit the panic button on the...

I think I am one of the lucky ones, I haven't read in depth about depression but in my case I think it was and will be a one off case rather than something I have hanging over me and may strike again. It was our first year running our own business and I really thought we were going to loose...

Well written, thank you for sharing it with us all.

That's great if you can! Unless you have been there you will not understand.

I disagree, when I needed help my doctor was wonderful but sadly a friend didn't get the same support from his doctor and slipped through the net - it is the luck of the draw!

Did you see the new series on Friday night 'Land of Hope & Glory' based on Country Life magazine. It included excellent coverage of a Somerset Dairy Farmer who has been closed down for 4 years. It showed how TB was effecting the family run farm on a daily basis, unfortunately this series was...

LED Illuminations, an established national distributor of LED total lighting solutions, is looking for an 'on-the-ground' consultant to head their Agricultural arm of the business. We are looking for a mobile person with a good knowledge of all aspect of the agricultural business to visit farms...

Why not?

Thank you for your welcome - I will try and think of a good handle to reflect this milestone!

We do an LED fluorescent tube which comes complete in a IP65 fixture. They are available in a natural white and different lengths, have a look at our datasheet.

... and so how do you light your shed?

I appreciate the lux levels required but can you achieve these levels with natural light alone. I would have thought unless you have multiple roof lights and it is a bright and sunny day you still would need artificial lighting?

Our LED lights have a working temperature range of -20 to +50. LEDs thrive in the cold and get brighter as they get colder. Our units are IP65 rated which gives protection against dust and water ingress. They also undergo shock & vibration tests during manufacture. See our agricultural...

So if you don't have roof lights, how many hours a day average would you have artificial lighting on?

Go for LEDs and not CFL (compact fluorescent lights) as they have a delayed start up www.ledilluminations.com

Can anyone advise me how many hours a day you would run artificial lights in a fully enclosed dairy shed? Of course the hours would alter from winter to summer but in summer if you have roof lights does that give you enough light not to require the use of artificial lighting?

We do a very simple to use light sensor http://www.ledilluminations.co.uk/products-page/controllers/led-motion-light-sensor/

It is a really interesting subject and I would be really interested to hear if your milk yield does respond. What you need for dark periods is a red light as cows cannot see red but it gives enough light for the herdsmen.

Well done, I would be interested to hear how they work out!

LEDs have improved enormously over the last 18 months. We supply 2700K which is a very warm light, 3000-3200K which is close to what most people are use to, 4000K-5000K which is natural/daylight white and then 6000-7000K which I think you are referring to which is cool white and can tend to be...