$2,400 spent on urea. Or $150 on air, water and electricity.
Two five-hectare paddocks, side by side on a 225-hectare South West Victoria dairy. One on the bag for twelve months. One on Green Lightnings plasma-activated water.
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What is Green Lightning?
A six-head unit makes around 130,000 litres a year — roughly 170 hectares at the rate used in this comparison. Made on farm, on demand. Nothing to order, cart, store, or watch the price of.
About this farm:
320 Friesian cows · 225 hectares · South West Victoria
A six-head Green Lightning unit has been running on this farm for twelve months, producing around 130,000 litres of plasma-activated water a year.
To get a clean read on it, they picked two five-hectare paddocks side by side. Soil tested both up front to check starting nitrogen. Ran urea on one and Green Lightning on the other for a full season. Then tested the plants.
A full season, side by side:
Did the grass suffer?
The farmer's read from the paddock is that they grew the same grass and carried the same grazings. The lab says the Green Lightning side was at least as good on every measure, and better on most.
What are they doing, moving forward:
Targeting 100Ha replaced then stepping up to more machines.
“We're hoping to replace 100 hectares of urea in the next 12 months, and then hopefully scale that up across our whole farm.”
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What the running cost includes. The 3c per litre is running cost of the machine (electricity and water filters). It does not include the machine itself. Financed over a typical 5-year term, capital repayments add roughly 20–25c per litre while making payments. Your figure will differ with term, rate, deposit and how much PAW you make.
See if it stacks up for your operation.
You've seen wha one farmer's side-by-side comparison did. The next step is working out whether it fits your farm, your setup and your numbers.