May 7, 2025
RNZ
Electric chickens are the future?

Tirau chicken farmer Jeff Collings talked to us for our Machine Count report and we thought his story deserved a bit more attention, so it was great to hear him interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on RNZ. 

Tirau chicken farmers Jeff Collings talked to us for our Machine Count report and we thought his story deserved a bit more attention, so it was great to hear him interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on RNZ. 

He’s a self-proclaimed ‘cheap bastard’ who resisted cellphones, but he’s all-in on electric machinery for the farm and solar for the shed roof.

As he said, energy is money and these days you can't afford to just waste money.

He is one of many farmers - many of them inspired by Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey and his experimental electric orchard - who are starting to grasp that producing your own energy and running it in electric machines is one of the few ways they can reduce their costs without needing to compromise on something.

ANZ put together a video of Jeff and his operation from a few years ago that is also worth a watch.

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