Whole crop should be harvested when the grain is at the thick cheesy stage and bottom 1/3 of the plant is green. It is beneficial to put a layer of direct cut grass on top to aid consolidation and reduce gaseous exchange. The Danish experience has shown the best results are achieved when dry matter ranges between 35-40%.
Suitable products for whole crop treatment depend on harvested dry matter.
Ultra-Cool is a unique combination of Heterofermentative bacteria, designed to dominate the natural bacteria present in the forage.
Heterofermentative bacteria produce stable acids and metabolites with a broad spectrum of activity against moulds and yeasts. If these yeasts and moulds are not controlled, then they can lead to considerable spoilage and loss of nutrients. The rapid drop in pH restricts the growth of detrimental bacteria.
Lactobacillus Caseii: helps to create anaerobic condition in the early stages of fermentation. This will enhance the growth of efficient strains to the detriment of undesirable organisms (yeast, mould, enterobacteria, clostridium bacteria). They are also super-efficient at converting sugars to lactic acid with minimum losses. It also produces bacteriocin as part of side chain reactions.
Lactobacillus buchnerii: produces volatile acids plus bacteriocins which have specific anti-microbial properties restricting the growth of yeasts (which cause heating), moulds (which can produce toxins) and against enterobacteria and clostridium bacteria (which waste sugars and protein) and are therefore excellent for improving aerobic stability in clamp and feed out.
The hydrolytic enzyme system in Ultra-Cool is designed to breakdown fibre and produce a more open structure to enhance digestion by the rumen microbes.
Benefits
Whole crop should be harvested when grain is at the thick cheesy stage and bottom 1/3 of the plant is green. It is beneficial to put a layer of direct cut grass on top to aid consolidation and reduce gaseous exchange.
High dry matter silage is particularly prone to heating especially if it is lower quality (low ‘D’ Value). In situation were high dry matter grass silages are made the use of Cool-store XL would be recommended. Try to aim for a dry matter of 25%-30% as quickly as possible depending on the leafiness of the crop.
Cool-store XL contains a unique blend of non corrosive preservative salts used widely in the food industry. These salts are proven to reduce the growth of yeasts and moulds which can cause loss of nutrients and produce mycotoxins.
Cool-store XL reduce the nutrient losses and extend the non-heating life of opened silage often caused by yeasts and moulds which produce heat through further breakdown of nutrients leading to performance loss.
The unique enzymes contained in Cool-store XL increase the available sugars for bacteria during fermentation and open up the fibre structure to help improve digestion by rumen microbes.
Cool-store XL contains Multiple strains of Bacteria which rapidly drop the pH restricting growth of detrimental bacteria.
Cool-store XL Favours an efficient fermentation by killing out undesirable organisms which increase dry matter losses and waste sugars.
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