A method for treating silage to enhance the aerobic stability by increasing the fermentation and stabilization of silage by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria and permitting earlier aerobic exposure is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN7125, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB5328, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB7123, and mixtures or a mutant thereof which retains the silage preservative activity of LN7125, LB5328, or LB7123, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. The strains of Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus brevis disclosed in the invention have been purified and isolated and have been found to improve aerobic stability of silage allowing earlier aerobic exposure post ensiling than is presently practiced

A method for treating silage to enhance the aerobic stability by increasing the fermentation and stabilization of silage by inhibiting growth of microorganisms selected from yeasts, molds and spore-forming bacteria and permitting earlier aerobic exposure is disclosed. The method comprises treating silage or feed with a composition comprising Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN7125, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB5328, or Lactobacillus brevis strain LB7123, and mixtures or a mutant thereof which retains the silage preservative activity of LN7125, LB5328, or LB7123, or the antimicrobial components produced thereby. The strains of Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus brevis disclosed in the invention have been purified and isolated and have been found to improve aerobic stability of silage allowing earlier aerobic exposure post ensiling than is presently practiced

A novel feed source for ruminants is prepared from the annual herbaceaous plant Cephalaria joppensis. The plant can be raised in the field, harvested and treated as hay or ensiled. Feed preparations such as total mixed rations (TMRs) including the harvested plant can form a substitute to roughage sources of the prior art without degrading the quality of the feed in terms of animal welfare and milk quality and quantity.

Silage compositions are described herein, as well as methods for their preparation and use. A silage composition may include a fatty acid component comprising at least about 70% saturated fatty acid by weight and a fermented component. The fatty acid component may be present in the silage composition in an amount of at least about 10% by weight of the silage composition.

Silage compositions are described herein, as well as methods for their preparation and use. A silage composition may include a fatty acid component comprising at least about 70% saturated fatty acid by weight and a fermented component. The fatty acid component may be present in the silage composition in an amount of at least about 10% by weight of the silage composition.

The present invention relates to novel and eco-friendly additives for forage inoculants and to forage inoculants comprising the same. Notably, the forage inoculants, in addition to reducing non-CCh greenhouse gas emissions, are capable of fermenting forage while not reducing the nutritional value of the forage, thereby producing conserved forages with maintained nutritional values. Methods of reducing non-CCh greenhouse gas emissions produced during forage conservation are also described.

The present invention relates to novel and eco-friendly additives for forage inoculants and to forage inoculants comprising the same. Notably, the forage inoculants, in addition to reducing non-CCh greenhouse gas emissions, are capable of fermenting forage while not reducing the nutritional value of the forage, thereby producing conserved forages with maintained nutritional values. Methods of reducing non-CCh greenhouse gas emissions produced during forage conservation are also described.

A method for fermenting stalks of the Poaceae family is provided. This includes sugarcane, sorghum and maize stalks. This method compresses stalks between rollers to between 20% and 90% of their diameter while the stalks are submerged in an aqueous reagent solution. This fractures the stalks in the axial direction without significant loss of juice while simultaneously pulling the reagent solution into the resulting network of cracks in the parenchyma tissue. In some variants, the aqueous reagent solution contains fermentation organisms, the sugars diffuse from the parenchyma cells, come into contact with the fermentation organisms located in the cracks in the stalks and produce ethanol and lactic acid within the stalks. In some variants, combinations of enzymes, acids and Fenton reagent in the aqueous reagent solution diffuse into and degrade the lignocellulosic matrix in the stalks.

A bacteria referred to here as Bacillus subtilis 6A-1 is provided, compositions thereof and processes for use of the bacteria, spores, cells, extracts and enzymes. The compositions which comprise the bacteria, spores, cells, extracts and/or enzymes are capable of degrading polysaccharides. Such compositions are capable of degrading cellulose, including plant-produced cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose. The bacteria produces at least two cellulose-degrading protein fractions. Cellulose degrading activity continues across pH2 to pH13.

The invention relates to the use of at least one bacterial amylase in combination with one or more protease(s) in feed for ruminant animals of the subfamily Bovinae for improving digestibility of maize and/or maize silages, in particular for improving milk yield, weight gain, and/or Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR). Examples of bovine animals are dairy cows and beef cattle. The invention also relates to the use of such enzyme combinations in feed additive compositions and animal feed compositions enriched with maize and maize silages.