Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Lights

Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Lights

Agriculture and animal husbandry includes different work areas and different lighting requirements. Multiple variants of lights such as LED luminaires and Ammonia-resistant light fittings are used for indoor and outdoor areas of agricultural and animal husbandry industry.

LUX Levels For Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

Application

Horizontal Illuminance

Eave (LUX)

Horizontal Illuminance

Emin/Eave


Ra

Glare

Livestock Buildings

50

>0.4

>40

N/A

Loading/Unloading

200

>0.4

>80

<25

Sick Pens

200

>0.6

>80

<25

Calving Stalls

200

>0.6

>80

<25

Feed Preparation

200

>0.6

>80

<25

Diary

200

>0.6

>80

<25

IMPORTANT NOTE: data is compiled from agriculture and animal husbandry – specific lighting publications. However, these are recommendations only; careful consideration must go into every unique environment


Livestock farming demands light fixtures to withstand chemical resistance, mechanical resistance and thermal resistance. Ammonia and other chemically exposed environment in cow barns, poultry farms and stables can damage the body of the light fixture or shorten the life of the assembly. Our fixtures and Animal friendly lights can withstand cleaning agents, high temperature and high pressure hot or cold-water impact.

Cow Barn Lighting

To ensure maximum production from cow barn, it is advisable to use red lights. Proper designing and distribution of lights can increase the milk production by 6-10%. 625nm narrow spectrum red lights are used.

Poultry Farms Lighting

To ensure maximum production from cow barn, it is advisable to use blue lights. Blue light improves feed conversion, reduces stress and stimulates growth and thereby impacts the profitability of poultry farms. 450nm narrow spectrum are used.

Greenhouse Lighting

Horticulture LED lights ensures high yield all throughout the year irrespective of the season. Horticulture lighting had direct impact on production of mushroom farming, leafy vegetable, tomatoes, herbs, cucumbers etc.