Key Points
- Silage inoculants provide insurance against less than ideal forage or stack management by reducing the risk of dry matter and quality losses by:
- Improving the fermentation, particularly when used on lower dry matter forages or legumes.
- Reducing quality losses from the stack once opened.
- To be effective, inoculants should be applied at greater than 100,000 viable colony forming units per gram of fresh forage.
- A wide range of inoculants are available. Select those that have been found to be effective in independent and statistically analysed trials.