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Click here or the above link to the online radio interview from September this 2009.
Above: Watered barley seeds in the trays contrast with the rapid sprouting that is evident when the trays are ready to feed out after six days (below).
Below: Rob McNamara's wife Sharon feeds out biscuits of sprouted barley to enthusiastic young cattle.
Below: Good shelf spacing allows for maximum sprouting of barley seed.
Front Page News:
Tuesday 13th October 2009: Courier Mail. Page 1 & 4
Sprout drought buster at
Tamworth
April 2009
A guaranteed supply of fresh nutritious green feed daily has transformed a small goat enterprise near Tamworth from drought survival to expansion planning mode.
Lynda Coffey has faced a challenging string of dry seasons since moving from the Singleton region to the small 20ha property in the Daruka, district four years ago.
March 2, 2009
Sprouts boost intensive Downs beef enterprise
Cattle on a diet with barley sprouts are gaining an extra half a kilogram weight daily while consuming 16 percent less grain mix in a Darling Downs feeding trial.
The first batch of performance results were outlined at a field day hosted by Mike Coverdale on Saturday. (Feb 28)
Mr Coverdale is intensively feeding 250 cattle on 32 hectares at Cambooya with the aid of a Fodder Solutions grain sprouting unit which produces 240 kilos of fresh green feed daily. Click Here To Read More
Barley sprouts a winner at Seymour
Some of Australia’s best Thoroughbreds are thriving on barley sprouts introduced to their diet by Chatswood Stud at Seymour.
Stud manager Kit Willick is pleased with the performance of the Fodder Solutions sprouting system which provides 250 kilos of fresh, nutritious feed every day. Click Here to Read More
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Healthy horses on grain sprout diet
Multiple benefits of feeding horses hydroponic barley sprouts have emerged from a digestibility trial conducted at the University of Queensland Gatton Campus.
The nutritional benefits of including a ration of sprouts produced in a Fodder Solutions System in the diet were analysed in an independently supervised scientific trial commissioned by Fodder Solutions. The Toowoomba-based company has several hundred sprouting units in the field around Australia.
Smart Farmer Magazine May June issue 2007
BY PRODUCING A CONTINUOUS SUPPLY OF FODDER PRODUCT THAT IS GREEN, SWEET AND MOIST, THE FODDER SOLUTIONS SYSTEM IS WINNING MORE CONVERTS. MALCOLM McCOSKER REPORTS.
GREEN has been one of the scarcest colours on the largely parched Darling Downs over the past several years.
So when bright green, highly nutritious cattle feed appears, it may seem like some sort of illusionary miracle.
No miracle this – it’s just sound science to produce a rich green feed source that is not only keeping drought stricken cattle alive but also fattening cattle for profit.