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HOME COMPANY TECHNOLOGY Process Fodder Features Systems HYDROMIX PLANT NUTRITION Mini Module Systems CATTLE, BEEF & DAIRY EQUINE SHEEP & OTHER ANIMALS RESEARCH FAQ, TERMS ARTICLES & TESTIMONIALS CONTACT DETAILS Fodder Technologies ABN 25 132 583 923 11 Capital Place Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia P +61 03 9770 8993 F +61 03 9770 8994	"The only animal residing on earth meant to eat whole grains is a bird. The mechanism a bird possesses allowing it to digest grain is a crop. Controlling temperature and moisture within this organ until the seed sprouts sufficiently for the bird to access the minerals and vitamins held within." Reference Jerry Brunetti, world renowned expert on animal nutrition The FodderTech System is a highly developed, controlled environment system designed to produce pesticide free, nutrient rich fresh fodder quickly (7 day cycle), in commercial quantities, and with less water when compared to traditional crop farming methods. We are currently formalising advice received that use of our Systems can reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are normally associated with producing and transporting dry animal feed by an estimated 75%. FODDERTECH – FINALIST IN THE 2009 SAVE WATER AWARDS CYCLE Day 7 ready for harvest FODDER PRODUCTION IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT The FodderTech System of producing fodder in a controlled environment makes use of: hydroponic technology to provide and control nutrient and water input to growing roots in combination with controlling the environment (insulate and protect) and atmosphere (temperature and humidity) The methodology behind the FodderTech System will work anywhere in the world where power and water are available and is the only commercial system on the market. Designed to consistently produce high protein green feed in adverse conditions, FodderTech utilizes environmentally sound WaterWise methods, and as such requires much less water than field grown crops. FodderTech can be used As a permanent adjunct to traditional livestock feeding methods when there are problems growing fodder crops using traditional field, crop in soil' growing methods, i.e. due to poor soil and difficult to predict weather patterns in areas where the climate is not conducive to standard crop growing to provide additional nutrients As an enhanced feeding regime for breeding and lactating stock sensitive animal needs fattening stock In the not too distant past, growing vegetables in a controlled environment was shunned as 'not natural'. Today it is a highly profitable commercial venture. Growing fodder in a controlled environment is also commented on in a similar manner. Many farmers at the mercy of weather, climate and terrain cling to 'traditional farming notions that crops need to be gown in soil and dismiss new technologies as a fad, yet there are significant advantages and benefits, related to alternative farming methods such as those offered by FodderTech'. Our production method is highly developed. It offers farmers, breeders and commercial ventures increased confidence to control and calculate output in the good times provides a vital back up or solution when issues outside farmers control affect growing regimes Controlled Environment Farming Increasingly, controlled environment farming is being recognised as offering diversification and farming intensification, both of which have the potential to increase earnings. See article by Steve Carruthers The FodderTech System is the only system on the market designed to grow fodder commercially, in terms of it's Design Technology Scalability Application Designed in Australia by Peter Doyle, a world leading expert in NFT hydroponics technology, the FodderTech System is a commercial solution designed to be used worldwide, in a range of climatic conditions, by farmers, breeders, and animal practitioners.