On many farms, grass silage can be a significant component of the animal diet, particularly through the summer months.
Yet it can be the one that is the most variable, and these variances can have a huge impact on animal performance.
Ensure enough time has passed between nitrogen (N) application and cutting dates.
When N is not completely used up in the standing silage crop, excess nitrogen impacts on ensilabililty, which may result in a poorer fermentation with dark, unpalatable and unstable silage at feed-out.
Cut silage swards to target increased dry matter and sugar content of the crop. Better sugar content will improve preservation and subsequent feed out quality.
The opposite of this is wet grass with acidic silage that can be unpalatable.
The use of a silage additive will not compensate for poor silage harvest management or quality but can be used to improve preservation and feed-out characteristics.
Egalis, the new silage inoculant from Alltech, brings together decades of expertise in fermentation, utilising bacteria strains specifically selected by our scientists to maximise nutrient and dry matter protection and improve animal performance.
Suitable for use on all forages, Egalis efficiently and rapidly drives fermentation to a stable, final pH.
It is comprised of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Pediococcus pentosaceus, which work synergistically to rapidly lower the pH to the required final pH irrespective of the dry matter or the buffering capacity of the forage.
Together with our on-farm support team and range of services, we can help to improve fermentation to produce superior quality silage, enabling you to hold onto more of what you grow, from field to feed passage.
Contact Donal Blackwell on 0408 377 304 for more information on Egalis and optimising silage performance.
Provided by Alltech.