Editing Fodder (section)

==Sprouted grains as fodder==

[[File:Fodder Solutions.jpg|thumb|On-site grain sprouting, US]]

Fodder in the form of [[Sprouting|Sprouted]] [[cereal grains]] such as [[barley]], and [[legume]]s can be grown in commercial quantities. Sprouted grains can significantly increase the nutritional value of the grain compared with feeding the ungerminated grain to stock.<ref name="mla.com.au-Oct2003p15">{{cite book | title=Review of Hydroponic Fodder Production for Beef Cattle | last1=Sneath | first1=Roger | last2=McIntosh | first2=Felicity | date=October 2003 | page=15 | publisher=Meat & Livestock Australia | access-date=7 June 2018 | isbn=1740365038}}</ref> They use less water than traditional forage, making them ideal for drought conditions.  Sprouted barley and other cereal grains can be grown [[Hydroponics|hydroponically]] in a carefully-controlled environment.<ref name="mla.com.au-Oct2003">{{cite book | title=Review of Hydroponic Fodder Production for Beef Cattle | last1=Sneath | first1=Roger | last2=McIntosh | first2=Felicity | date=October 2003 | publisher=Meat & Livestock Australia | access-date=7 June 2018 | quote= Hydroponic sprouts may have profitable application in intensive, small-scale livestock situations with high value outputs, where land and alternative feed costs are high, and where the quality changes (eg less starch, more lysine, vitamins, etc) due to sprouting are advantageous to the particular livestock. | isbn=1740365038}}</ref> Hydroponically-grown sprouted fodder at {{Nowrap|150&nbsp;mm}} tall with a {{Nowrap|50&nbsp;mm}} root mat is at its peak for animal feed. Although barley is a grain, barley sprouts are approved by the American Grassfed Association as livestock feed.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}