HydroGreen signs deal with Van Der Kooi Dairy

Added on 08 August 2023

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HydroGreen signs deal with Van Der Kooi Dairy

CubicFarm® Systems Corp., a pioneering local chain agricultural technology company, has taken a significant stride forward with its subsidiary, HydroGreen Inc. The company recently announced a collaboration with Daniel Van Der Kooi, owner of Van Der Kooi Dairy, a prominent dairy farm based in Riverdale, California. This collaboration comes in the form of a Memorandum of Terms (MOT), wherein Van Der Kooi Dairy commits to purchasing a substantial 10,000 tons of sprouted-grain feed per year from HydroGreen’s forthcoming feed facility in Riverdale.

The initial building in the Riverdale facility is already fully committed, so Van Der Kooi Dairy will purchase feed from a second building, which will house ten additional HydroGreen GLS 808 commercial-scale machines. Each system of ten GLS 808 machines can produce a remarkable 34 tons of feed per day, adding up to approximately 12,000 tons of feed per building annually. Consequently, Van Der Kooi’s purchase of 10,000 tons per year represents the majority of the capacity of that second building.

The collaboration with Van Der Kooi Dairy serves a dual purpose. Firstly, it acts as a resounding validation of HydroGreen’s cutting-edge technology and its performance in the field. Secondly, it opens up new possibilities for HydroGreen to expand its sales to other dairy and beef operations in the region, thereby demonstrating the viability of their innovative Feed as a Service (“FaaS”) business model and fostering accelerated product adoption.

The Feed as a Service model is an ingenious agricultural concept where HydroGreen operates a regional feed facility and harvests the sprouted-grain nutrition from their machines to sell to livestock feeding operations in the area. This approach guarantees optimal feed production, stringent quality control, and ultimately leads to enhanced animal performance outcomes for producers.