We have a fodder unit on a trailer, so it’s movable, just needs water & electricity. Here in Texas we use wheat berries, since barley isn’t readily available. My cows love the wheat biscuits. I put a little bleach in the water that wheat is soaked in and a little bit in the water tank that automatically sprays on the trays of pre-soaked wheat berries, to help control the mold growth. It’s a little labor intensive, but it’s 68 degrees inside the trailer, so it’s comfortable working inside, especially during the hot Texas summers.
very interessting and informative. thanks for additional the tips and tricks. I have a few questions tho. 1. why you only let it grow for about a week? Wouldn't be the harvest bigger after a longer period? 2. you didn't mentioned the lighting. I couldn't spot grow lights or did i just miss them? 3. somebody needs to grow the barley before, so you can have the grains for the fodder, right? I can imagine for such a short growing period and many series there are a lot of grain used. So do you think, there is a benefit in the whole process in a holistic perspective? 4. I would expect the installment costs and the fix cost for running that system are a factor to count in. Would you say, that the technical approach is still worth it? I mean in contrast, to just have the cattle on a ranch and feed mostly hay in winter season?
1. The optimal harvest time is when the crop is slightly mature, as it has reached its peak nutritional value. If harvested too young, it may not have developed to its full potential, while waiting too long may lead to loss of nutrients.
It called sprouting or sprouts. You need to change how you have your setup, your should be water from the front (open side) and let the water run to the back and have it drain from that side..
Very interesting process…I had no idea that farmers grow grass (fodder) in this way. I guess your farm has found this technique, more cost efficient than feeding hay ?
03:30 that cleaning step can be automated, have some high power nuzzles on the bottom of the rack below and have some industrial grade tubing going to a tank holding some fungicide that is biodegradeble and that waste wouldn't be a problem for your water upcycling
Hello, dear friend, can you please guide me, what is the reason for the rapid growth of fodder, I would like to learn this method well, please guide me.
Thanks for the great information, Can you provide me with answers to three of my questions. Do you put a vitamin in the water ? What is the result with the milking cow, is it good for them ? Do you have a laboratory result of the nutrition that the hydroponic barley producing? Thanks in advance Best regards Asbed
Hi from north Mexico where we have low water years sometimes. 1. Vitamins aren’t necessary, although I can be more nutritious than without it, but it and necessary because we don’t give enough time to the seed to fully mature/grow 2. I live where lots of Mennonite people fed their dairy cows with barley or corn/maíz hydroponic, they had seen an increase of milk production but they stoped feeding them with hydroponic because the cows had diarrhea (which I think it’s normal when you switch diets) 3. In internet there are many lab studios about the nutrients in barley, corn, hay, sorgo, alfalfa, most of Americans have barley or corn, here in Chihuahua we use corn (hot seasons) and trigo (winter season) Hope it helps you
I dont see how this will ever be cheaper than hay and pasture. Cows/ruminants have been on pasture for thousands of years. I guess its better than corn.
When I raised two to five hundred pounds of green folder a week, I wanted to reduce extra labor and not create more labor. I got a bad load of hay I contracted for and I used the green fodder I produced for a top dressing. We had at the time meat goats,poultry,sheep, cattle both beef and dairy (Jerseys) when the barley prices spiked in western Canada we looked for other affordable seed grains to sprout to use as green sprouted feed. We were located in California so hay prices are normally high. We were looking for affordable feed options for our livestock during an extreme drought. 1998 to 2008.
Hi, I’ve been looking for information to sell hidroponic, no information yet because no body sells it, but in number here in Chihuahua, each 1 kg of corn seed cost 4.20 pesos and you harvest from it 10 kg with have nearly 15% proteins (with is what we look for) you can sell it (in Chihuahua) 150 pesos at least, so your profit it’s 100 pesos each 1 kg of seed, you have to consider the regional market where you are
Isn't it impossible for fodder to multiply nutritional value and calories etc?? You aren't adding anything to the seeds other than water. So you are increasing bulk when they incorporate water, but not nutrition in any way??? You can't get something from nothing.
Oh hell no, talk about labor intensive. If you take your bottom line put in your pocket money and divide your hours your probably making 50 cents an hour. I hope I'm wrong for your sake.
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I just saw an African man doing this with way less equipment and he was much cleaner than you and you never cleaned those trays. There’s still more mould in them.
