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Understanding where the energy goes is the first step to paying less for it. Here is what typical farming usage looks like across the UK.
Figures are estimates from published UK benchmarks priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and about £365 a year in standing charges. They are not quotes. See how we estimate.
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Typical bill £8k–£89.3k a year
Biggest load: Bulk milk tank refrigeration and plate cooler
See dairy farm energyTypical bill £5.5k–£125.9k a year
Biggest load: Brooding and space heating for chick placement
See poultry or egg unit energyTypical bill £2.9k–£60.9k a year
Biggest load: Fan ventilation and ACNV control in finishing houses
See pig unit energyTypical bill £9.9k–£202.9k a year
Biggest load: Glasshouse heating boiler and pipe circuits
See glasshouse or polytunnel energyTypical bill £5.7k–£75.5k a year
Biggest load: Continuous flow drier burner and fans
See grain drying or store energyTypical bill £3.5k–£33.9k a year
Biggest load: Indoor school and floodlit outdoor arena lighting
See equestrian yard energyFarms and rural businesses are among the most energy-hungry SMEs in the UK, and among the worst served. Ventilation fans, milk cooling, grain driers, glasshouse boilers, heated wash bays and yard lighting run to a biological clock, not an office clock, so you cannot shed load when prices spike. Defra's Farm Business Survey confirms 96% of English farms take mains electricity and that specialist pig and poultry, dairy and horticulture holdings carry the highest electricity intensity of any farm type. Most farm supplies also sit on a single owner-operator contract with no procurement team behind it, which is exactly why so many roll straight onto out-of-contract or deemed rates after harvest. Figures on this page are estimates built from published sector benchmarks (AHDB, Teagasc, Defra, CIBSE TM46) and priced at 25p/kWh electricity, 7p/kWh gas and roughly £365 a year standing charges.
Milk cooling, plate coolers and vacuum pumps drawing power twice a day, 730 milkings a year
Livestock house ventilation fans you cannot legally switch off without breaching welfare rules
Grain driers and store fans hammering the meter for six solid weeks at harvest
Glasshouse boilers, heat mats and heated troughs burning gas through every cold night
The kit that dominates the bill, with the annual kWh and cost bands we see in published benchmarks. Knowing this helps us match a tariff to your usage pattern.
| Equipment | kWh a year | Cost a year (est.) |
|---|---|---|
| Glasshouse Heating Boiler (gas) | 250,000–2,000,000 kWh | £17,500–£140,000 |
| Livestock House Ventilation Fans | 15,000–90,000 kWh | £3,750–£22,500 |
| Grain Drier & Store Ventilation Fans | 10,000–120,000 kWh | £2,500–£30,000 |
| Milk Cooling & Bulk Tank | 12,000–35,000 kWh | £3,000–£8,750 |
| Water Heating & Pressure Washing | 6,000–30,000 kWh | £1,500–£7,500 |
| Yard, Barn & Arena Lighting | 4,000–25,000 kWh | £1,000–£6,250 |
Read your meter at the start and end of harvest or housing season so you can show a supplier your real load shape instead of letting them price the worst case
Fit variable speed drives to vacuum pumps and ventilation fans, which typically cut fan energy by 30% to 50% because power falls with the cube of fan speed
Recover heat from the milk cooling or refrigeration compressor to pre-heat parlour and dairy wash water, the second largest electricity load on most dairies
Shift pressure washing, feed milling, store cooling and battery charging to off-peak hours if you are on a day/night or half-hourly meter
Check whether your farm is on a half-hourly supply, because capacity (kVA) charges and DUoS bands are negotiable at renewal and are often set far higher than your actual peak demand
Illustrative example
Around 150 milking cows with bulk-tank cooling and a parlour
Milk cooling, water heating and vacuum pumps run twice a day every day of the year.
Illustrative example, not a real customer. Figures are estimates based on published UK benchmarks. See how we estimate. See all worked examples.
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