Grain Preservation

With energy prices at record highs, drying grain has become an expensive method of preserving grain. Storing moist grain requires the grain to be treated with certain products to prevent the growth of moulds and deterioration of grain quality.

Prograin

Prograin is a highly concentrated propionic acid for preserving grain. This versatile product can be used to treat cereal grains and pulses to help protect against the formation of moulds, yeasts, and mycotoxins during storage. The product can be applied to both whole and rolled grains. Available in 1000l and 197l packs.

Magniva Platinum Crimp

Crimped grain is a cost-effective way to preserve grain and legumes for feeding livestock. Freshly harvested grain is processed through a crimping machine and treated with Platinum Crimp and then ensiled in airtight storage. The product can then be fed after three weeks.

MAGNIVA Platinum Crimp is available in 25t treatment packs and can be applied to crimped grain with a moisture content between 25% and 40% First a concentrated dilution should be prepared by mixing the inoculant with a smaller amount of water to ensure the inoculant has dissolved and then dilute this concentrate further to an application rate of between 2 and 4 litres per ton of crimp produced.

Maxammon

Maxammon is a grain treatment process that increases the protein, pH and digestibility of the grain. Maxammon is a urea treatment of grain in which the urea is converted to ammonia which preserves the grain and makes it more digestible to the animal. The addition of urea also increases the protein content of the feed. Maxammon can be used to treat grain between 15-20% moisture. Maxammon is available in 30t and 60t treatment packs.

Cereals

Cereals for Wholecrop

Cereals

Cereals for wholecrop are now an established method of producing winter feed for livestock that is productive, gives animal benefits and is cost effective to produce. A wide range of crops are suitable and choice will depend on individual farm plans.

Choice of variety of cereal type can have an equally important bearing with yield, disease resistance, protein content and place in rotation all being factors which will have an effect on both the quality and yield of the final forage.

Relative values by cereal crop

* - ***** Low to high

The benefits of Wholecrop

• Reduce cost.

• Improve milk quality (protein and fat) and yield.

• Improve rumen function.

• Very flexible.

• Total starch and sugars can be increased in diet.

Relative values by forage type

† Limited data suggests it is second only to oats as a break crop. * Monaco is a mix of Spring Triticale and Lupins.

• To buffer autumn and spring grass.

• Improved liveweight gain.

• Can be be fed to all stock.

• Lower acid levels when compared to grass and maize silage.

• Ideal transition cow forage.

Cereals

Wholecrop Mixtures

Wholecrop Mixtures

• Combine the high starch energy of cereals with the high protein of a legume crop.

• Reduce concentrate requirement to minimum for beef finishing.

• Reduced Nitrogen application.

• Enable direct cutting (remove the need to wilt protein crops).

• Increase total DM yields (from a spring crop) .

• Increase overall protein of forage .

Monaco

• A mixture of spring triticale and spring lupins.

• Yields in excess of 30% more than traditional barley and pea mixtures.

• Expect protein contents between 11 and 15% –approximately 50% more than a straight cereal wholecrop.

Maxiyield

• Traditional “catch crop” mixture of barley and oats.

• High yielding, tolerant of a wide variety of soil types.

• Can be under sown with grass seed.

Silverstone

• A mixture of spring barley and peas.

• Traditional mixture offering protein and starch as a whole crop.

• Relatively early to ripen, 12 weeks from sowing to harvest.