A livestock feed production apparatus for generating feed for livestock, wherein the livestock feed production arrangement includes an arrangement for supplying seeds. The livestock feed production apparatus includes a hydroponics arrangement for receiving the supplied seeds and for germinating and growing the supplied seeds in a light-excluded environment in one or more trays to generate plant growth material, and a harvesting arrangement for receiving the plant growth material and processing the plant growth material to generate the corresponding livestock feed for livestock. Moreover, the livestock feed production apparatus includes an irrigation arrangement that is operable to expose the supplied seeds to one or more drying steps during growth of the seeds temporally interposed between one or more wet steps during which the seeds are exposed to at least one nutrient solution.
