Tamworth-based egg farmers Bede and Narelle Burke turn to solar, as more egg farmers look to farming the sun

Andrew Marshall
January 9 2021 - 12:30pm
Lighting up: Tamworth-based egg farmer Bede Burke has already turned to solar.
Lighting up: Tamworth-based egg farmer Bede Burke has already turned to solar.

Tamworth-based egg farmers Bede and Narelle Burke slashed their $80,000 a year power bill by 62 per cent after installing a system of sun-tracking solar panels on their 106,000 hen farm last year.

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Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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