On-farm feed preservation

Optimal animal performance starts with safe and high-quality feed ingredients. So, maintaining quality once raw materials or feed are stored at farm level is critically important, especially for home mixing farms, such as dairy and liquid feeding farms.

Silage preservation

Good silage requires the proper anaerobic conditions and the successful fermentation of plant sugars into lactic acid – without these, undesirable microbial growth can occur. Appropriate water activity and oxygen tension promote the right conditions for lactic acid bacteria growth, which allows bacteria in feed to decrease the pH and inhibit the development of harmful microbes.

Ensuring high-quality feed materials and maintaining the nutritional value of feedstuffs requires more than a single solution. Trouw Nutrition offers a total package of services, and a comprehensive and effective combination of products to prohibit microorganism growth. In addition, we apply high-quality mycotoxin binders, which have proven to be a valuable solution for many farms around the globe.

Total Mixed Ration (TMR) preservation

Microorganisms present in TMR at any stage from silage cutting to consumption can very rapidly cause aerobic fermentation. This fermentation breaks down high-quality protein sources and energy (starch and sugars) into carbon dioxide and water, leading to a loss of dry matter and valuable nutrients. Trouw Nutrition offers farmers solutions that reduce the breakdown of nutrients by microorganisms such as yeast, moulds and bacteria in rations for ruminants. Selko-TMR is a potent blend of organic acids, that, once dosed into the mixer wagon after silage cutting, preserves the feed by strongly reducing yeast fermentation to maintain good palatability and nutritional value.

Liquid feeding

Liquid feeding systems for pigs have become popular in many European countries and are emerging in other countries around the globe. This method of feeding involves computer-controlled feed production, mixing dry ingredients with either ethanol, water or brewing or food industry liquid by-products. Re-using food by-products enables swine farmers to produce high-quality protein in a sustainable and cost-effective way. However, once mixing occurs, microbial proliferation begins. Harmful microbes such as yeasts, moulds and enterobacteria thrive in high-moisture feed, and, if not controlled, can cause nutritional losses and impact animal health. Trouw Nutrition offers integrated solutions that include on-farm support, microbial analysis, advice on effective treatment solutions, and treatement of residue in liquid feeding systems. We can also install dosing equipment to allow for safe and accurate dosing.

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On-farm feed preservation supports farmers in properly storing high-quality raw materials and helps prevent microorganisms from consuming valuable nutrients and impacting feed palatability.

Yeast control

We offer a broad range of on-farm preservation solutions for yeast control.

Laboratory services

Detailed preservation study(s) to identify the best solution per by-product.

Dosing equipment

Correct and safe dosing of the solution.