Autumn Winter Line
PERFECT SIL GRASS
Homofermentative bacteria
Lactobacillus plantarum spp
Aspergillus oryzae
They promote the fermentation producing lactic acid.
They represent the basic choice to improve the SS and animals’ performances.
It is an optimal choice when:
You want to improve the food quality of any sort of silages;
When it comes to leguminous silages (alfalfa);
In vitro studies demonstrate that silages treated with homofermentative bacteria would produce 8 percent more of ruminal bacteria compared to non-treated silages. Such difference would explain a higher milk production up to 2 litres per head per day (Muck 2021).
Silages of autumn winter forages and grasses are difficult to store and thus require a treatment with particularly specific microbiological additives.
The difficulty in their storage can be due to the fact that:
They have a content of water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) <3% unaltered state (generally alfalfa, fescue, legumes).
They have a very high buffering capacity and, therefore, high amounts of acids are needed to obtain acceptable pH values. These forages need designated Lactobacilli mixtures, that promote the production of lactic and acetic acids.
They have proteins which ca be easily degradable by proteolytic enzymes and microorganisms (clostridia) with consequent increase of soluble nitrogenous fractions and ammonia nitrogen. The use of AKRON specific additives for this group of silages, like PERFECT SIL GRASS, allow having an optimal aerobic stability and improve the nutritional aspects, providing more available energy and proteins.
GOAL:
NUTRITIONAL EFFICIENCY
The forage quality, and mainly the digestibility of NDF, is influenced by the genetic heritage of plants, the production environment, thermal performances and eventual stress (hydric, mechanical, etc…)
Farming techniques aimed at increasing the seeding density, the poor soil fertilization, the harvest at late maturity, and the use of improper irrigation techniques lead to a NDF worsening in forages.
