Friday 14 June 2013

Improving The Farming Process With LED Agriculture Lights

By Teri Farley


With so many people in the world who never get enough to eat, any way to increase crop yields and make food more available to more people for less money is very welcome. Of course, it helps if the process is made easier and less expensive for farmers, as well. The use of LED agriculture lights can solve both of these problems quite easily.

Most traditional farms are places where vast acres of land are used to put crops under sunlight, allowing them to grow through exposure to the elements that cannot truly be controlled. With LED lighting, this situation can be simulated in a smaller, often indoor setting, although of course it must be changed a bit to suit the new circumstances. The lighting used simulates sunlight, and water that has been specially treated often replaces soil.

Outdoor farms have had a lot of practice throughout time coming up with ways to minimize the elements of luck and chance involved in their operations. However, even they cannot always predict what will happen, and must rely on nature to a certain extent. By utilizing LED lighting, they are able to exercise direct control over most elements, leading to a much higher degree of reliability in their results.

The crops themselves benefit from these methods, as well. There are multiple different varieties of lights available, and they all exhibit different qualities, so they can and should be expertly tailored to each type of crop for optimal results. Ideally, crop yields are also increased when they are used correctly, meaning that there is more food available for harvest.

Each type of plant, and each situation, requires special attention, because the same bulbs will not be the best in all of them. Growers must be aware of all of the contributing factors, and must choose carefully according to them. Different colors, intensities, and wavelengths of light are available, so consulting the makers of the lights is very important.

This process is much cleaner than standard farming, and generally produces less waste material. Therefore, it is more environmentally friendly. The lights themselves require a minimal amount of electricity, as well, so the power consumed by them does not significantly contribute to excess energy consumption.

Since energy consumption is low, it follows that the costs of providing that energy will be low as well. This is great news for growers, who are sure to be pleased by their smaller bills as well as by the ease of use. Costs will also fall as less labor and fewer natural resources are required to go through the farming process.

Using LED agriculture lights in the farming process has so many benefits to everyone involved that to ignore them would be a tremendous waste. Given the number of people in the world who do not always get enough to eat due to the high cost of produce or even food shortages, any solution must be carefully considered. Greater production means greater results, which means happier and healthier consumers overall.




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