We are Just Finishing an Annual Preventative Maintenance Program

Well for the first time in almost a year we have not been producing microgreen fodder up at Mountain Sky Ranch. About a week ago we started having mold issues that we felt were due to a number of factors – cleanliness of our system, reduced water flow to our trays, temperature issues, and some mechanical issues. So we shut down the system and spent the week giving it a...

We’re Back! And Here to Stay thanks to Oxycodone

It has been a long time since we have posted.  It is not because we have lost any interest in our sustainable livestock nutrition passion, in part was because of health issues that I had the past few months. I wont get into much details, all I can say is that I was in terrible pain for a bad surgery that left me with nerve pain on my left hand. The doctors couldn´t help me, only a nurse new how...

We have added a Dehumidifier to our System

Well, we keep producing between 1000 and 1200 pounds of micro-greens a day from our Feed in A Box system at Mountain Sky Ranch.  We took micro-greens with us to two regional alpaca shows the last two weekends and enjoyed the results we observed from our animals in their feeding.  We also had numerous comments and questions about what we are growing and feeding.  It is exciting. One of the small...

Wheat Does not Like Cold Like Barley Does!

First, I hope none of you are being affected too badly by the storm on the east coast.  We have you all in our prayers!  Second, and much less important, but relevant, we have been seeing first hand in our Commercial Feed in a Box system here at the Ranch that Wheat does not like cold as much as barley does.  This is not a surprise, but it does impact production in our system.  As we have said,...

What are the Water Needs of These Fodder Systems?

To be sustainable, an agricultural process needs to meet a number of criteria. One of these criteria  is related to water consumption.  The micro-green (fodder) production needs to be  much less consumptive of water than the traditional hay production process. There are basically three different general types of micro-green systems: Aquaponic systems – water recirculates,  is treated and...