Forage

Landmark Services Cooperative understands the dietary needs of your animals and has the nutritional products and services essential to help you achieve your production goals efficiently and effectively. With Quality Assurance in mind, our highly trained specialists will analyze your herd’s forage needs and work with you to develop a successful forage program utilizing state-of-the-art products, technology and best practices techniques.

Dairy and beef producers need consistent, high quality forage to maintain maximum production. Using Forage Solutions crop-specific inoculants in forage management programs will aid in the production of high quality feeds for maximum weight gains, feed conversion and milk production.

Forage Solutions Inoculants have specially selected lactic acid-producing bacteria to ensure efficient fermentation of corn silage, alfalfa haylage, legume grass and small grains as well as improved bunk life of corn silage. Forage Solutions Silage Inoculants rapidly lower pH levels to retain more total digestible nutrients and dry matter, while improving palatability. The result is better feed conversion, increased weight gains and higher milk production. Forage Solutions Inoculants also help keep yeast and mold in check for higher retention of dry matter and less spoilage.

Research shows the effectiveness of Forage Solutions Inoculants. Treated corn silage had 86 percent less yeast spoilage than other corn silage after the fully fermented crop was exposed to air for one day. Forage Solutions treated corn silage has a faster, more efficient fermentation and therefore less spoilage growth. That means increased stability and higher quality forages.

Forage Solutions Haylage Inoculants produced 38 percent more lactic acid during fermentation than a control crop. Higher lactic acid ensures a faster pH drop and less spoilage. Treated haylage also greatly reduces dry matter loss during fermentation, saving you money.

Forage Solutions Inoculants are crop specific, apply high levels of beneficial bacteria, and use a special buffering agent to prevent applicator clogs. Our Quality Assurance also includes a unique DNA fingerprinting to guarantee consistent results.