Cornwall Council Growth Hub

Cornish dairy farmers have the opportunity to transform their milking cleaning systems while lowering their carbon footprint and improving overall performance efficiency with new state of the art technology, thanks to the Access To Finance+ scheme launched by Cornwall Council’s Growth Hub.

Eligible for up to 50% Growth Hub funding will enable them to replace their current system using chemicals to clean milking equipment, both automated and conventional, with a new system that harnesses the most effective industrial biocide on the planet using just water and low voltage electricity.

Called Pulse Oxidation, the innovation offers a unique natural process that has been proven to provide a more powerful disinfection treatment than hypochlorite or peracetic acid, killing bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa, including chlorine resistant Cryptosporidium. The system has also been proven to eradicate microbial biofilms. It leaves behind no residual chemical, nor any empty plastic barrels on the farm.

Pulse Oxidation’s cold-water operation also eliminates the energy required to heat the cleaning water. Additionally, the carbon associated in producing, transporting and packaging the cleaning chemicals is also eliminated from the unit’s carbon footprint, and for example will reduce a 250-cow herd’s carbon footprint by over 5t per year.

Paul Morris, of Pulse Oxidation’s developer, Oxi-Tech comments:

“We are thrilled to find Cornwall Council Growth Hub’s new business grants are open to all dairy farmers, encouraging them to grow and improve their productivity whilst also delivering improvements in environmental sustainability. Taking advantage of up to 50% grant funding to invest in Pulse Oxidation will help them to do just that.”