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+pigs: 5# / day x 100  = 500# / day
+chickens: 2oz / day x 100 = 12.5 # / day
+call it 1000# fodder / day
+fodder grows in about 7 days
+ergo, need to have capacity for 7000#
+48 lb/bu -> 145 bu (311,811 in^3)
+@ 1in depth = 2165 sqft (50 x 50 approx)
+300 sqft/day (30x10)
+
+## questions and options
+
+### Watering
+- Move the trays
+- Move the water
+
+### Containment
+- Removable Trays
+- Movable Trays
+- Fixed Trays
+- Conveyor Belt
+
+### Unloading
+- Tip the box out
+- Push/scrape the trays out
+- Automate or not?
+
+### Seeding
+- Manual
+- Automated
+
+## Thoughts
+> If you have a continuous conveyor belt type system, you can automate everything using stations
+> If you have fixed trays, complexity reduction is a toss-up on account of water, seeding, offloading as these now need to be indexed operations
+> The centralized robot PnP option gives ultimate flexibility to do things out-of-order
+
+
+
+## References
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhblJOghLIw
+- https://ifodder.com/
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-fNbNplqLc
+- https://renaissanceag.com/
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BhKGBdTfH0
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dh7IAIDKU8
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuxcdIZ_Fsk
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI8twn5Frm8
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9NnOWfdTE
+
+## Decent combos
+- similar to hydrogreen, but a series of hanging trays on a chain conveyor
+- literally just hydrogreen with mechanical simplifications
+- static racks for 1020 trays stacked 7-deep with drip pans underneath
+- round trays on a spiral conveyor
+
+## Issues (which might not be issues)
+- Drainage control
+- Even watering
+- Lighting
+- Mold buildup and cleaning
+- Contamination