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