RE: Dairy Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

[Guest guest]

We have been doing this with our dairy

animals since last fall. They responded very well. The decrease in feed costs

is great as well. We sprout until the grain is 4 to 6 inches tall. We use

wheat, oats, and sunflower seed. We only have dairy goats right now, but did

feed our Guernsey this as well.

Oliver

Holdout Farm

From:

RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf Of Gordon

Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012

11:25 PM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Dairy Farms in

India Experiment with Sprouts

Here is

an article on cows eating

sprouts

Test

Summary

Govind

dairy is always looking for ways to lower the cost of milk production by

reducing expenses. Our respected Dr. Ganpatrao Dhumal has studied the

health benefits of sprouts and the effects of natural foods on humans, and has

begun adding sprouted seeds and grains to his regular diet. He experienced

excellent results by adding sprouts in his diet and so shared the same with his

colleagues, they also started sprouting and they experienced similar health

benefits.

As cattle feed cost are a

major challenge and an expensive part of the milk business, milk prices

necessarily go up along with the increasing cost of feed. Dr. Dhumal considered

that if sprouts provided him a benefit, why not cattle? He asked our field

staff to conduct a sprouts trial at the farm of Mr. Dhanaji Jadhav Adarki. The

farm has six cows of which two were taken for experiment and four were kept as

control. For the two cows fed sprouted grains and seeds, we found that

the cost of cattle feed is reduced and milk yield and quality improved

significantly, as did the health of the animals. After this initial trial

we shared our findings with other local producers.

[Guest guest]

, How do you sprout in very large quantities? Is it extremely labor

intensive?

Thanks,

Chris

>

> We have been doing this with our dairy animals since last fall. They

> responded very well. The decrease in feed costs is great as well. We sprout

> until the grain is 4 to 6 inches tall. We use wheat, oats, and sunflower

> seed. We only have dairy goats right now, but did feed our Guernsey this as

> well.

>

>

>

> Oliver

>

> Holdout Farm

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf

> Of Gordon

> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:25 PM

> To: RawDairy

> Subject: Dairy Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

>

>

>

>

>

> Here is an article on cows eating <http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/July2012>

> sprouts

>

>

>

> Test Summary

>

> Govind dairy is always looking for ways to lower the cost of milk production

> by reducing expenses. Our respected Dr. Ganpatrao Dhumal has studied the

> health benefits of sprouts and the effects of natural foods on humans, and

> has begun adding sprouted seeds and grains to his regular diet. He

> experienced excellent results by adding sprouts in his diet and so shared

> the same with his colleagues, they also started sprouting and they

> experienced similar health benefits.

>

> As cattle feed cost are a major challenge and an expensive part of the milk

> business, milk prices necessarily go up along with the increasing cost of

> feed. Dr. Dhumal considered that if sprouts provided him a benefit, why not

> cattle? He asked our field staff to conduct a sprouts trial at the farm of

> Mr. Dhanaji Jadhav Adarki. The farm has six cows of which two were taken for

> experiment and four were kept as control. For the two cows fed sprouted

> grains and seeds, we found that the cost of cattle feed is reduced and milk

> yield and quality improved significantly, as did the health of the animals.

> After this initial trial we shared our findings with other local producers.

>

[Guest guest]

There is several hours daily of labor involved.

Also, you can’t forget to soak your grain and it must be cared for daily.

When we had the cow she preferred it about 6 to 8 inches. The chickens like it

very short, just showing green tips.

What I do is scoop out the amount of grain

I need for a day into a bucket and cover with plenty of water. It is better to

use to much than to little. I let it soak for 4 to 8 hours. Then in the evening

I scoop it into trays (which I have drilled drainage holes in). I have a shelf

set up in the barn for the trays. It needs to be about ¾ inch deep in the tray

for maximum sprouting. Each day it gets water poured over it to rinse and water

the sprouting grain. When they are grown to the height I like then I feed them

and wash and reuse the tray for another batch. You must wash your trays well

and rinse the sprouts well or they will get moldy, slimy, or stinky. Some

people rinse about every 4 hours. I have found that you need to have holes in

the trays just small enough for the soaked grain not to fall trough. Any

smaller and the sprouts will smell or get slimy. If that happens you could wash

them really well before feeding. You have to start another batch every day and

it takes about 4 to 6 days (depending on weather and other factors) for it to

grow enough to feed my goats. If you are just sprouting until roots show it

takes oats about 3 days and wheat 2 days. Once the green tips come out it grows

REALLY fast.

That is just the simple version. If you

are really interested we can talk on the phone about the details. Just shoot me

a private email and we can exchange numbers or something.

From:

RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf Of chrisfulmermm

Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012

10:56 AM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Re: Dairy

Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

, How do you sprout in very large quantities? Is

it extremely labor intensive?

Thanks,

Chris

>

> We have been doing this with our dairy animals since last fall. They

> responded very well. The decrease in feed costs is great as well. We

sprout

> until the grain is 4 to 6 inches tall. We use wheat, oats, and sunflower

> seed. We only have dairy goats right now, but did feed our Guernsey this

as

> well.

>

>

>

> Oliver

>

> Holdout Farm

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From: RawDairy

[mailto:RawDairy ]

On Behalf

> Of Gordon

> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:25 PM

> To: RawDairy

> Subject: Dairy Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

>

>

>

>

>

> Here is an article on cows eating <http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/July2012>

> sprouts

>

>

>

> Test Summary

>

> Govind dairy is always looking for ways to lower the cost of milk

production

> by reducing expenses. Our respected Dr. Ganpatrao Dhumal has studied the

> health benefits of sprouts and the effects of natural foods on humans, and

> has begun adding sprouted seeds and grains to his regular diet. He

> experienced excellent results by adding sprouts in his diet and so shared

> the same with his colleagues, they also started sprouting and they

> experienced similar health benefits.

>

> As cattle feed cost are a major challenge and an expensive part of the

milk

> business, milk prices necessarily go up along with the increasing cost of

> feed. Dr. Dhumal considered that if sprouts provided him a benefit, why

not

> cattle? He asked our field staff to conduct a sprouts trial at the farm of

> Mr. Dhanaji Jadhav Adarki. The farm has six cows of which two were taken

for

> experiment and four were kept as control. For the two cows fed sprouted

> grains and seeds, we found that the cost of cattle feed is reduced and

milk

> yield and quality improved significantly, as did the health of the

animals.

> After this initial trial we shared our findings with other local

producers.

>

[Guest guest]

There is an excellent article on this idea in this month's copy of The

Stockman Grass Farmer by Tina Cordner at www.c2farms.com

Langlois

www.foggybottomfarms.com

>

> , How do you sprout in very large quantities? Is it extremely

> labor intensive?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Chris

>

>

> >

> > We have been doing this with our dairy animals since last fall. They

> > responded very well. The decrease in feed costs is great as well. We

> sprout

> > until the grain is 4 to 6 inches tall. We use wheat, oats, and sunflower

> > seed. We only have dairy goats right now, but did feed our Guernsey

> this as

> > well.

> >

> >

> >

> > Oliver

> >

> > Holdout Farm

> >

> >

> >

> > _____

> >

> > From: RawDairy <mailto:RawDairy%40yahoogroups.com>

> [mailto:RawDairy <mailto:RawDairy%40yahoogroups.com>]

> On Behalf

> > Of Gordon

> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:25 PM

> > To: RawDairy <mailto:RawDairy%40yahoogroups.com>

> > Subject: Dairy Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Here is an article on cows eating

> <http://www.wheatgrasskits.com/July2012>

> > sprouts

> >

> >

> >

> > Test Summary

> >

> > Govind dairy is always looking for ways to lower the cost of milk

> production

> > by reducing expenses. Our respected Dr. Ganpatrao Dhumal has studied the

> > health benefits of sprouts and the effects of natural foods on

> humans, and

> > has begun adding sprouted seeds and grains to his regular diet. He

> > experienced excellent results by adding sprouts in his diet and so

> shared

> > the same with his colleagues, they also started sprouting and they

> > experienced similar health benefits.

> >

> > As cattle feed cost are a major challenge and an expensive part of

> the milk

> > business, milk prices necessarily go up along with the increasing

> cost of

> > feed. Dr. Dhumal considered that if sprouts provided him a benefit,

> why not

> > cattle? He asked our field staff to conduct a sprouts trial at the

> farm of

> > Mr. Dhanaji Jadhav Adarki. The farm has six cows of which two were

> taken for

> > experiment and four were kept as control. For the two cows fed sprouted

> > grains and seeds, we found that the cost of cattle feed is reduced

> and milk

> > yield and quality improved significantly, as did the health of the

> animals.

> > After this initial trial we shared our findings with other local

> producers.

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this information about sprouting grains. I've been interested in

trying this for both my cow, 5 goats and 80 chickens. I'd love to find a setup

for adding the sprouting effort to my greenhouse where we are already managing

an every few hours watering schedule. But I believe sprouts need to be kept out

of light in order to germinate, yes? And if so, anyone have suggestions or

better yet pictures of an arrangement for a shady environment in their

greenhouse? where do you sprout your grains? Could you explain the

light requirement please? Thank you, Kate

[Guest guest]

I sprout mine in the barn in spring,

summer, and fall, and in the house in the winter. I will have to try and take

pics. We use the large utility shelves from Home Depot with sheet metal added

under each shelf so that when I rinse them the water runs into a bin. They get

some sun where they are and sprout fine. Since I grow mine up I want them to

get some sun to green them up. They are not in full sun however. The spot in

the barn where they are at is next to 2 windows and same for the house in the

winter. If you were just wanting to srout the grains really short I don’t

think the light really matters at all as long as they are sitting in the yard

in full sun.

From:

RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf Of Kate Haas

Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012

10:16 AM

To: RawDairy

Subject: Re: Dairy

Farms in India Experiment with Sprouts

Thanks

for this information about sprouting grains. I've been interested in trying

this for both my cow, 5 goats and 80 chickens. I'd love to find a setup for

adding the sprouting effort to my greenhouse where we are already managing an

every few hours watering schedule. But I believe sprouts need to be kept out of

light in order to germinate, yes? And if so, anyone have suggestions or better

yet pictures of an arrangement for a shady environment in their greenhouse?

where do you sprout your grains? Could you explain the light requirement

please? Thank you, Kate