These Fans Keep Barns Cool

These Fans Keep Barns Cool BUILDINGS Accessories Farmer Boy Ag Supply is a wholesale supplier of agriculture and livestock equipment including Arctic Blast fans These fans offer a cost-effective solution for industrial cooling in barns and dairy facilities The Arctic Blast fans work to create a high-speed cooling wave of air that travels across the floor making it ideal for cooling people and animals in close confines They use ultra-fine water particles to absorb heat and transport it away so they can change the temperature fast without leaving a wet feeling in the room The profitability of most dairy farms goes down as summer temperatures rise Installing a cooling system can prevent the heat from negatively affecting milk production They work exceptionally well in confined spaces like a holding area or milking parlor where tightly packed animals can raise temperatures fast and stress the whole group Arctic Blast fans come in two sizes the full-size 72 in $2 295 or the 55-in Cyclone $1 737 With both models you get tight blade clearance for reduced air drag and noise and Arctic Air’s guaranteed life-long belts that can be removed or serviced without special tools Jacob Leach owner of Wet Meadows Farm to Table has found success with Arctic Air fans He manages a 100-cow dairy in Cottage Grove Tenn “We purchased and installed four 72-in Arctic Blast fans over our bedding packs about 14 to 16 ft up ” he shared “Cows love them We keep them running ten or eleven months of the year We do turn them down in cooler weather and off when it’s cold but as the cows are in there year-round I’d say they’ve been running all but 6 mos since we hung them 4 or 5 years ago ” Leach values the flexibility Arctic Blast products offer over traditional options “They were a great fit for us especially in a hoop barn where you can’t mount a conventional fan off of rafters We hung our Arctic Blast fans using cables to suspend them ” Despite his praise Leach does have one reservation “As for pros these fans are reliable offer speed control and move a lot of air The biggest con is we only wish we didn’t have to manually restart them after a power outage That’s not a big thing anymore but you can imagine after that first time when $11k worth of fans were off and didn’t come back on by themselves!” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Farmer Boy ph 800-845-3374; www farmerboyag com

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