Silage inoculant - Forage inoculants

Silage inoculant contains selected lactobacillus spp for fermentation.

Lactobacillus buchneri is a heterofermentative bacteria that produces lactic acid and acetic acid during Fermentation (biochemistry). It is used as a bacterial inoculant to improve the aerobic stability of silage.

Forage inoculants are biological products that contain a source of live, viable bacteria, sometimes combined with enzymes. The bacteria in the inoculant are applied to inoculate the freshly harvested forage, much the same as live yeasts are used to inoculate alcohol fermentations or bread. Enzymes, when present, are there to generate sugars for the inoculant bacteria to use for growth and fermentation. The bacteria grow in the forage, producing acids to drive the ensiling fermentation (see Introduction), converting the fresh forage from near neutral pH into an acidic end product (silage).

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