Cattle and Horse enjoy eating hydrponically grown palatable, nutritious barley fodder
- “Hydro Fodder Farm” produces its own electricity so it can promote livestock and dairy production in remote, rural areas.
- Hydroponically grown fodder has high moisture content which helps avoid horse’s death due to colic.
- Hydroponically grown fodder is dust free, which reduces risk, and helps prevent and cure respiratory disease.
- In this greenhouse only 2 to 3 litre of water are required to produce 1 kg. of green grass whereas conventional methods require an average of 80 litre water to produce the same quantity.
- This1000 kg. Capacity greenhouse of 300 sq. ft. produces 365000 kg fresh green fodder per year, which is equivalent of 25 acres of grass field.
- The greenhouse is simple to operate: irrigation, cooling, and lighting systems are controlled by one central electronic monitoring system and maintained at a very low cost.
- Produces succulent green feed of constant quality and quantity every day of the year. The green feed produced is palatable, nutritious and free from contamination.
- Green feed is nutritious & rich in energy comparable to commercial feed. Thus, requirements for concentrated feed products are reduced.
- Green barley grass increases in milk yields are common despite considerable reduction in use of ready-made concentrate feed.
- Improves animal fertility, resistance to sickness, and newborn survival rate.
- Fresh green barley and oat grass produced is of such high quality that it is suitable even for racehorses.