| Summary: | Hydroponic forage production is a viable option to provide farmers with a source of highly palatable
forage at times of the year when other sources are not available. However, hydroponic forage
production systems are often expensive to purchase and run and highly technologic, which makes
repairing them complicated. In addition, they normally need to be connected to a source of electricity,
reducing the places where they can be installed. In this report we present a low-cost and off-the-grid
solution that, coupled with elite genotypes selected for forage productivity, can produce more than
200kg of fresh barley forage every 7 days, enough to feed 7 sheep for seven days.
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