Posted by SLN Staff on Jan 28th, 2016 | 1 comment
Are you spending twice as much money as you did last year to feed your livestock? Are you struggling to find good hay for your livestock? Or maybe you even had to sell some of your animals because feed is so expensive and difficult to find? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you need to read further. We may have a solution for you – Aquaponic Fodder! OK, what is that? Aquaponic...
Posted by SLN Staff on Oct 14th, 2015 | Comments Off on Creating Livestock Feed from Sprouted Fodder System
You can grow your own grasses from sprouting seeds with microgreen fodder system. Grasses grown in microgreen fodder system is an excellent way to supplement your livestock during feed shortages. As fall arrives, you may face difficulty providing feed to your livestock. Hay prices rise and your pastures may not provide enough grass for your animals to forage on. Regardless of what kind of...
Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 29th, 2015 | 1 comment
Feeding your livestock can be a real challenge when you don’t have enough grass on your pasture. During the cold seasons and droughts, there could be shortages of feed and grass for animals to graze on. Buying hay is expensive and prices are subject to change which could run up your feeding cost. A healthy alternative to your pasture grass could be young grasses grown with your own fodder...
Posted by SLN Staff on Oct 9th, 2014 | Comments Off on Health Benefits of Consuming Pasture- Raised Animals
A truly sustainable livestock farm requires that your animals roam freely and forage on naturally available feed in the pasture. It has also been found through studies that the quality of meat from grass-fed and naturally raised farm fed animals, are higher in nutritional value and contain higher amounts of nutrients. They also have higher levels of unsaturated fats, including Omega-3 and...
Posted by SLN Staff on Mar 13th, 2014 | 3 comments
Buying food supplements for your livestock may become necessary, and often expensive, if you have a large farm or if you raise many animals at home. You might face a scarcity of naturally growing grasses or silage at your pastures where you graze your cattle or sheep, and might need to feed your animals extra food supplements high in nutrient value, in addition to what they eat at the fields....