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This Barn has a Secret!
Inside this barn, there is a 12’x12’ room in a loft. A room about the size of a bedroom, really, but with 30 beds, grow beds! It’s a food production room, the likes of which, you will not see … Continue reading →
Posted in Barley Fodder
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Tagged barley, barley fodder, barley sprouts, micro-greens, Paca Pride, sprouting
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6 Comments
Fodder Production: Further tips for successful sprouting
Over the course of our sprouting experience, and with the rise in popularity of our true flood-and-drain style approach (installed in various scales over 115+ farms across the US!), we have learned quite a bit not only about how to … Continue reading →
Posted in Barley Fodder
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Tagged barley, fodder, fodder mats, How To, micro-greens, microgreens, Seed Quality, sprouting, sprouts, Tips
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4 Comments
Considerations On the Front End of Fodder: DIY or Buy
One of our favorite sayings when it comes to creating micro-greens for your livestock is: “There are many ways to skin the fodder cat!” After researching the topic of fodder production, one quickly comes across a variety of commercial turnkey … Continue reading →
Posted in Barley Fodder
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Tagged barley, barley fodder, fodder, fodder mats, grow trays, micro-greens, sprouting, sprouts
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11 Comments
Fodder Growing: What molds may come
Sprouting Barley Fodder mats for our herd is primarily intended to support their winter dietary needs here at Paca Pride Guest Ranch. Our animals may be off pasture for as long as 6 months until Mother Nature cues the pastures … Continue reading →
Posted in Barley Fodder
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Tagged Aspergillus, barley, barley fodder, fodder, fodder mats, microgreens, mold, molds
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44 Comments
Barley Fodder Grow Trays… 2020 update: no longer manufactured. New trays under trials…
2020 UPDATE: THE MANUFACTURER NO LONGER MAKES THESE TRAYS. AN EQUIVALENT TRAY IS ON THE MARKET. WE ARE CONDUCTING TRIALS BEFORE ENDORSING. One of our many mantras we live by at Paca Pride Guest Ranch is that our definition of … Continue reading →
Posted in Ranch Development
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Tagged barley, barley fodder, fodder, fodder mat, grow trays, growing fodder, Paca Pride, tray
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126 Comments
Barley Fodder: From Trials to Production
We have some really happy alpacas and llamas at Paca Pride Guest Ranch with the ramping up of our production system for growing barley fodder mats for their winter diet. Even the chickens are enjoying pecking around for the rogue … Continue reading →
Posted in Ranch Development
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Tagged alpacas, barley, barley fodder, barley sprouts, fodder, fodder mat, micro-greens, Paca Pride, sprouts, Yurt
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43 Comments
Barley Fodder Sprouting Trials continued: New Flood and Drain Tray System Installed
To get a bit of background behind this project, read our previous blog entry entitled “From Seed to Feed”. In our Phase One Trials, we were performing a “proof of concept” with using barley grain seed and seedling propagation trays … Continue reading →
Posted in Ranch Development
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Tagged alpaca, alternative feed, barley, feed, feeding, fodder, Grain, livestock feed, llama, Paca Pride, sprouting, sprouts
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139 Comments
From Seed to Feed in 8 days: Barley Fodder Sprouting Trials
This Spring we are exploring an alternative to how we are feeding our herd (and chickens too!) The idea comes from the notion of fresh sprouts as a “superfood”; if eating sprouts are super healthy for humans, then wouldn’t that … Continue reading →
Posted in Ranch Development
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Tagged alpaca, barley, feeding, fodder, Grain, Paca Pride, sprouting, sprouts
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264 Comments