LED lights are used in conjunction with high-pressure sodium lamps, or HPS lights, to boost high tech agricultural projects to shape how plants grow, when they bloom, and even alter their nutritional content and taste. They allow indoor farms to function year-round and boost crop production.
While indoor lights have been used for farming in the past, they have not been able to do so without creating a much larger carbon footprint by way of energy consumption. Newer LED technology is changing the face of indoor farming and creating a new focus for technological research. As technology improves, analysts expect LEDs to replace indoor farming lights in their entirety.
Farming equipment such as combines, loaders, tillers, planters, air drills, air carts, balers, windrowers, wheel rakes and mergers, forage harvesters and blowers, and mowers can all be retrofitted with LED lighting kits for higher-efficiency and increased performance. The lighter weight of LEDs help increase fuel efficiency by reducing the overall weight of machinery. Additionally, working hours can be extended with the use of bright, lightweight LED area lights and floodlights.
