HOW TO GROW FODDER (HYDROPONICALLY) Hydroponic - its the growing of crops using water media ONLY without soil Considering the perennial shortage of livestock feed experienced during the dry season, hydroponic fodder systems offers a technology that can achieve good performance with limited resources. It can cut costs in pig feeds, poultry feeds and cattle feeds. This technolgy can benefit ranching areas which which get affected by seasonal drought in such regions like Matabeleland and Midlands.