Protein is an important nutrient for dairy cows. It supports rumen microbial activity, milk production, growth, reproduction, immune function, and overall metabolic health. For high-producing dairy herds, ensuring an adequate supply of high-quality protein is essential for performance.
bonsilage FORTE 2.0 – Preserve more protein in silage
Protein is an important nutrient for dairy cows. It supports rumen microbial activity, milk production, growth, reproduction, immune function, and overall metabolic health. For high-producing dairy herds, ensuring an adequate supply of high-quality protein is essential for performance.
ISC 2025: Controlling clostridia fermentation and preserving forage protein
At ISC 2025, new research confirmed that bonsilage lactic acid bacteria effectively control clostridia fermentation, reduce protein losses, and improve silage efficiency under real farm conditions.
FORTE 2.0 – bonsilage’s proven inoculant just got an upgrade!
bonsilage FORTE 2.0 is the next generation of an already high-performance silage inoculant designed to control hard-to-ensile forage fermentation and actively protect your silage against clostridia. Read more!
Overcoming hard-to-ensile forages
No matter how hard you prepare, some forages are just naturally hard to ensile. Grass and legume forages are designed and managed in a way that makes it particularly difficult to be successful fermenting and ensiling. Here’s how to handle some of your hard-to-ensile crops.
Alfalfa Field Management Can Make All The Difference
You’ve selected your seed. You’ve decided on the inoculant you’ll use at harvest time. But what happens in between those events can make a huge difference in the success of your alfalfa fields.
NAFB: Reducing Feed Costs with Alfalfa and Grass Haylage
Due to their high protein content, alfalfa and grass haylages are a staple on dairies. But growing these silages comes with certain challenges.
Haylage: Difficult, But Worth it
Haylage can be the most difficult crop to harvest and ensile properly. Being prepared to face the challenges will ensure a high-quality, hygienic feed is delivered to your cows.
BONSILAGE FORTE proven to rise to the low-pH challenge
For good silage, high pH is bad. For an efficient and proper fermentation to take place there needs to be a rapid pH drop early on.
NAFB on Air: Tackling Hard-to-Ensile Forages
While forages like alfalfa, small grains and grasses have multiple benefits, they can prove to be hard to ensile for many producers. Our own Caitlin Mellinger, Forage Specialist, PROVITA Supplements, chats with NAFB about navigating this challenge to get the most out of your forage.
Controlling the Uncontrollable
BONSILAGE FORTE treated alfalfa silage can withstand challenges that become out of control.
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