LED and CFL lights offer years of low-cost illumination

In addition to improved farm safety, LEDs and CFLs also save lots of dollars in lighting costs. Over a 20-year timeframe, the farmer could install just one LED light bulb compared with three CFL bulbs or 22 incandescent bulbs. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) can grestly reduce the number of bulbs a livestock or grain farmer has to change. Switching to LEDs or CFLs means many less trips up a ladder and reaching at unusual angles to budge a bulb loose and put in a new one.