Crimping is the ensiling of early combined moist cereals to produce a highly digestible moist feed. All combinable crops can be crimped Barley, Wheat, Oats, Beans, Peas, Lupins and Soya.
Combining should be carried out when the grain is approx 35-40% moisture. This is about 3 weeks earlier than conventional harvest.
Crimped grain should be stored in a pit made from non-movable sides and a concrete floor. The walls should be lined with plastic sheet (1000 gauge). On completion the top sheet should be evenly weighted with tires, sandbags, bales etc.Â
Some of the many advantages to crimping include:
Grain is processed in one session reducing hours of work during winter. Crimping is carried out at or close to the pit or in the field straight from the combine. The moist grain is loaded into a crimping machine which rolls the grain breaking the seed coat. Crimp-Sile is added at this stage and mixed with the grain as it leaves the machine. The grain is discharged into the pit and layered through the pit continually consolidating. This is best carried out using a tractor ensuring that the total area of the pit is covered.
Crimping can be carried out using the following products:
The special blend of ingredients are effective at maintaining stability in the pit. Good pit management is important to prevent ingress of air.Â
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 which are detrimental to intake and performance Once the clamp is opened yeasts and moulds produce heat indicating further breakdown of nutrients leading to further loss in performance. Cool-Store XL can reduce these nutrient losses and extend the non-heating life of the opened clamp.
Cool-Store XL also contains multiple strains of Bacteria. These bacteria rapidly drop the pH restricting growth of detrimental bacteria. Some produce bacteriocins which are capable of killing many of the undesirable organisms that can cause spoilage.
A safe non-toxic and non corrosive biological additive. Utilising bacteria and enzymes to ferment the grain. Proven over many years Cool-Crimp is ideally suited to those situations when use of a acid is not desired.
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