- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: June 24, 2016
![Hydroponically grown sprouts at six days old. (Photo: Dan Putnam)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/anrnews/blogfiles/37059small.jpg)
Hydroponically grown sprouts at six days old. (Photo: Dan Putnam)
A Madera farmer is sprouting barley hydroponically inside shipping containers on his farm to produce feed for his sheep, reported Ezra David Romero on Valley Public Radio.
“I think that's a big advantage if you don't have a lot of land,” the farmer said. “You can produce a tremendous amount of feed in a very, very small area with a very little amount of water.”
However, UC Cooperative Extension alfalfa specialist Dan Putnam noted in the story that the system may not pencil out.
"If you really apply a little bit of economics to it and animal...
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