axphast Low DM ph - Green Farm Seedsgreenfarmseeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/axphast.pdfinto ammonia. Resulting in a secondary fermentation. • Biotal axphast gold is a specialist

For low dry matter grass silage

Low DMgrass silage

• Improvesfermentation• Increasesdigestibility• Improvesanimalperformance• Reduceseffluent• Suitableforuseinorganicsystems

For Dairy, Beef & Sheep

Biotal Ltd, Collivaud House, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PDTel: (029) 2047 5550 Fax: (029) 2047 5598E-mail: [email protected] www.biotal.co.uk

Low dry matter grass silage

Enhanced Animal Performance5

Assumes a milk price of 18.0 ppl; 150 cows; 200 days

Up to a £7000 increase in revenue from extra milk production

Economic Benefits Summary6

axphastgold Benefitvalue

Effluentreduction 50% £1620

Combinedanimalperformancebenefits:-Increasedmilkyield 1.26litres-Improvedmilkbutterfat 0.16units-Improvedmilkprotein 0.07units £6738

TOTAL £8358Figures based on 150 cow herd and a 1500 tonne grass silage clamp at 25% DM

axphastgold

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Production Factor Improvement % increase Cost Benefit (pence/cow/day)

Milkproduction(litres) 1.26litres +4.5% 22.0

MilkButterfat(units) 0.16 +7.8%

MilkProtein(units) 0.07 +2.4%0.46

TOTAL 22.46

Low dry matter grass silage

• Grassfibreismadeupofcellulosefibresheldtogetherinbundlesbyhemicellulose.

• Inthisformthefibreisnotreadilydigestibleastherumenmicrobescannotaccessallpartsofthebundle.

• Biotalaxphastgoldcontainsunique,patentedenzymesthatdegradethishemicellulosefraction.

• Asthehemicellulosedegrades,thecellulosefibresareopenedup,providingagreatersurfaceareaformicrobialattackintherumen,resultinginmoreefficientutilisationofthefibrebytheanimal.

• Somefibrefractionswillbefurtherbrokendown,intosugars.ThisallowsthelacticacidbacteriatolowerpHandpreservelowdrymattergrasssilage.

Using the Biotal enzyme system...

…opens up grass fibre

1

hemicellulose

cellulose fibresMicrobes

hemicellulose

cellulose fibresMicrobes

Improves fermentation2

Stable, well preserved silage with maximum nutrients

Reduces effluent losses3• Effluentproductionfromlowdrymatter

grasssilageisamajorproblem.Itresultsinsilagenutrientlossandincreasestheriskofenvironmentalpollutioninwatercourses.

• Thecostofreplacingnutrientsandstoringeffluentincreasesthecostofproducinggrasssilage.

• Effluentcontainsvaluablemineralsandtraceelements.Italsocontainsproteinandaminoacidsfromgrasssilage.

• Biotalaxphastgoldopensthefibrestructureofthegrassbybreakingdownthehemicelluloselinkages.Grassbecomesmoreabsorbent,retainingmoremoisture,reducingeffluent.

Increases forage digestibility4Biotalaxphastgoldcontainsapatentedenzymepackagewhichimprovesforagefibredigestibility.

Savings of over £1 per tonne in retained nutrients

20% improvement in forage fibre digestibility

axphastgold

BIOTAL

• Fourspecialist,lacticacidbacteriaworktogethertoproducearapidpHdrop.Destroyingundesirablebacteriaandpreventingsecondaryfermentation.

• Biotalaxphastgoldhasshownanincreaseinfibredigestibilityoveran8hourperiod.Thisistheaveragerumendwelltimefordairycows.

• Increasedenergyavailabilityfromforage.

• Rumenmicrobeshaveabilitytoutilisemorefibreasanenergysourceintheproductionofmicrobialprotein.

• AhighermicrobialproteinsupplyincreasesmilkyieldandDLWG. 0

5

10

15

20

25

27%improvement

20%improvement

30

38

0

Dig

esti

bil

ity

(%)

Time (hours)

- Control - axphast gold

19%improvement

pH

req

uir

emen

t

pH

Lact

ic a

cid

(%)

Time (days)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Numbers of spoilage bacteria, yeasts and moulds

Lactic acid

pH

14 16

1

0

3

2

5

4

7

6

8

10

9

3.5

3

6

9

15

12

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

Effluent production from low dry matter silage (litres/tonne)

250100

- axphast gold - Control

Therecommendedmaximumamountofeffluentproductionis200litrespertonne.

• LowerdrymattergrassrequiresalargerpHdroptoensurethatallnutrientsarepreserved.

• IfthepHdropisnotlowenough,undesirablebacteria,suchasclostridiaandentrobacteria,willnotbedestroyed.

• Thesebacteriabreakdowntrueproteinintoammonia.Resultinginasecondaryfermentation.

• Biotalaxphastgoldisaspecialistgrasssilageadditive.Itworksmosteffectivelyongrassbetween20and30%drymatter.

pH

req

uir

emen

t

Grass dry matter (%)

1520

2530

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

Low dry matter grass silage

• Grassfibreismadeupofcellulosefibresheldtogetherinbundlesbyhemicellulose.

• Inthisformthefibreisnotreadilydigestibleastherumenmicrobescannotaccessallpartsofthebundle.

• Biotalaxphastgoldcontainsunique,patentedenzymesthatdegradethishemicellulosefraction.

• Asthehemicellulosedegrades,thecellulosefibresareopenedup,providingagreatersurfaceareaformicrobialattackintherumen,resultinginmoreefficientutilisationofthefibrebytheanimal.

• Somefibrefractionswillbefurtherbrokendown,intosugars.ThisallowsthelacticacidbacteriatolowerpHandpreservelowdrymattergrasssilage.

Using the Biotal enzyme system...

…opens up grass fibre

1

hemicellulose

cellulose fibresMicrobes

hemicellulose

cellulose fibresMicrobes

Improves fermentation2

Stable, well preserved silage with maximum nutrients

Reduces effluent losses3• Effluentproductionfromlowdrymatter

grasssilageisamajorproblem.Itresultsinsilagenutrientlossandincreasestheriskofenvironmentalpollutioninwatercourses.

• Thecostofreplacingnutrientsandstoringeffluentincreasesthecostofproducinggrasssilage.

• Effluentcontainsvaluablemineralsandtraceelements.Italsocontainsproteinandaminoacidsfromgrasssilage.

• Biotalaxphastgoldopensthefibrestructureofthegrassbybreakingdownthehemicelluloselinkages.Grassbecomesmoreabsorbent,retainingmoremoisture,reducingeffluent.

Increases forage digestibility4Biotalaxphastgoldcontainsapatentedenzymepackagewhichimprovesforagefibredigestibility.

Savings of over £1 per tonne in retained nutrients

20% improvement in forage fibre digestibility

axphastgold

BIOTAL

• Fourspecialist,lacticacidbacteriaworktogethertoproducearapidpHdrop.Destroyingundesirablebacteriaandpreventingsecondaryfermentation.

• Biotalaxphastgoldhasshownanincreaseinfibredigestibilityoveran8hourperiod.Thisistheaveragerumendwelltimefordairycows.

• Increasedenergyavailabilityfromforage.

• Rumenmicrobeshaveabilitytoutilisemorefibreasanenergysourceintheproductionofmicrobialprotein.

• AhighermicrobialproteinsupplyincreasesmilkyieldandDLWG. 0

5

10

15

20

25

27%improvement

20%improvement

30

38

0

Dig

esti

bil

ity

(%)

Time (hours)

- Control - axphast gold

19%improvement

pH

req

uir

emen

t

pH

Lact

ic a

cid

(%)

Time (days)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Numbers of spoilage bacteria, yeasts and moulds

Lactic acid

pH

14 16

1

0

3

2

5

4

7

6

8

10

9

3.5

3

6

9

15

12

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

Effluent production from low dry matter silage (litres/tonne)

250100

- axphast gold - Control

Therecommendedmaximumamountofeffluentproductionis200litrespertonne.

• LowerdrymattergrassrequiresalargerpHdroptoensurethatallnutrientsarepreserved.

• IfthepHdropisnotlowenough,undesirablebacteria,suchasclostridiaandentrobacteria,willnotbedestroyed.

• Thesebacteriabreakdowntrueproteinintoammonia.Resultinginasecondaryfermentation.

• Biotalaxphastgoldisaspecialistgrasssilageadditive.Itworksmosteffectivelyongrassbetween20and30%drymatter.

pH

req

uir

emen

t

Grass dry matter (%)

1520

2530

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

4.0

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

For low dry matter grass silage

Low DMgrass silage

• Improvesfermentation• Increasesdigestibility• Improvesanimalperformance• Reduceseffluent• Suitableforuseinorganicsystems

For Dairy, Beef & Sheep

Biotal Ltd, Collivaud House, Ocean Way, Cardiff CF24 5PDTel: (029) 2047 5550 Fax: (029) 2047 5598E-mail: [email protected] www.biotal.co.uk

Low dry matter grass silage

Enhanced Animal Performance5

Assumes a milk price of 18.0 ppl; 150 cows; 200 days

Up to a £7000 increase in revenue from extra milk production

Economic Benefits Summary6

axphastgold Benefitvalue

Effluentreduction 50% £1620

Combinedanimalperformancebenefits:-Increasedmilkyield 1.26litres-Improvedmilkbutterfat 0.16units-Improvedmilkprotein 0.07units £6738

TOTAL £8358Figures based on 150 cow herd and a 1500 tonne grass silage clamp at 25% DM

axphastgold

BIOTALaxphastgold

BIOTAL

Production Factor Improvement % increase Cost Benefit (pence/cow/day)

Milkproduction(litres) 1.26litres +4.5% 22.0

MilkButterfat(units) 0.16 +7.8%

MilkProtein(units) 0.07 +2.4%0.46

TOTAL 22.46