Is your 'local starter' a pellet or crumble? Does soaking that increase nutrition availability?
I know it does for whole grains, but I didn't think it applied to cracked grains or crumble/pellets.
Ohhh fermenting, (missed that part, sorry) where you are allowing ambient organisms to grow on the medium of the food stuffs by providing water.Yes it does Fermenting makes a difference for any type of feed.
I use a starter crumble along with whole grains.
I was thinking just soaking ,which can increase that availability of nutrients by starting the germination process of whole grains.