Hydor

20/10/09
Lighting in agricultural buildings is becoming increasingly more important, particularly in poultry houses attempting to simulate natural daylight as required by the welfare codes, whilst using the most cost effective methods of installation and running costs.

As tungsten bulbs are being phased out the poultry producer has to consider alternatives, all of which offer reduced overall running costs but at differing installation costs.

16/12/09
Busy sales staff at Hydor Limited have been hard at work following up on the numerous enquiries received - and the many site visits necessitated - as a result of the company's successful attendance of two dairy events.

On 16 and 17 September, the Salisbury-based specialists in the design, manufacture and supply of ventilation equipment to the agriculture market, exhibited at The Dairy Event and Livestock Show. The show, formerly the Dairy Event, is the livestock sector's business-to-business event held at Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire and organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. This year's successful event again attracted exhibitors offering a range of technical, business and financial information for the entire UK ruminant sector - dairy, beef, sheep and commercial goats.

A grain store on an Essex farm has demonstrated the importance of adequate ventilation to assist in the cooling and drying process following the installation of a series of belt drive fans by agricultural ventilation experts, Hydor Limited.

Clavering Place Farm near Safron Walden erected a 4,000 tonne capacity grain store. To enable articulated lorries to enter and tip grain into a pile which reaches 3.6 metres when full, the store has been constructed to a greater height than usual. During the drying or cooling process, the moisture build up within the store was condensing on the underside of the roof and dropping onto the grain below. During the drying process using two 30HP fans blowing air down the central passage and under the grain to assist drying or cooling, farmer James Balaam realised inadequate ventilation was the problem and contacted Hydor.

Hydor, specialists in the design, manufacture and supply of fans, controls and systems to the agricultural, horticultural and other industrial markets, are again taking a stand at the British Pig & Poultry Fair, at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

At the Fair, Hydor will be introducing its new De-Stratification Fans, which have been developed around the need to increase the level of temperature efficiency within farm buildings.