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On-Farm Energy
Farms in Wisconsin need electricity and fuel to power machinery, process foods into different products, and transport food products. Farms can play a major role in providing renewable energy solutions, both for on-farm use and for local communities. In addition, on-farm energy conservation can reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and benefit a farm’s financial bottom line. Many energy conservation options are not going to be viable for farmers to use without financial incentives, so programs that encourage them should be introduced.
Farms that use energy efficiently and provide renewable energy for their own operation and their communities in a way that is not harmful to the environment and those who live there will help build local community climate resilience.
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Low-Cost Strategies – are focused on strategies and accompanying resources that usually will not require intensive staff capacity, fiscal resources, and maybe done through staff decisions.
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Significant Resource Deployment – are strategies that may require more staff capacity, increased fiscal resources, and larger, possibly cohesive decisions.
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Celebrating Successes – are actions and strategies for communities to celebrate and keep the momentum going. They will help address positive outcomes of previous strategies taken and inspire further action.
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Example in Action: Energy Systems
S&R Egg Farm is a full-service egg-laying operation located in southeast Wisconsin. The company started out with 12,000 chickens and has now grown to an estimated four million birds spanning 1,000+ acres of farmland and distributing over 1.2 billion eggs across the country each year. S&R Egg Farm purchased its Cold Spring operation in Palmyra, WI in 1994. After a series of extensive renovations and space additions, the site was able to accommodate 17 barns while increasing capacity to 4.2 million birds in 2017. S&R Egg Farm’s commitment to growing a modern, sustainable, and environmentally friendly facility allows the company to produce quality products its customers can enjoy, such as cage-free eggs from the Cold Spring facility.
