Maxammon Advanced Grain Treatment
THE 2016 harvest is well underway. Hopefully the weather will settle so that combines and balers can work uninterrupted. The crops look well in the field and there is great potential for top quality grain and straw to be saved. Silage quality is going to be quiet good and volumes will be excellent on most farms this year so thankfully the level of concentrates fed on most farms to achieve required performance targets will be less than last winter. So reducing volumes and controlling costs will help to increase profits if you plan well for the coming winter.
Both beef and dairy prices are under pressure at present so value for money feeds are essential to return a profit. Native Irish grain is the most versatile high energy feed that farmers can grow or buy. Traditionally grain was dried or stored on air at moistures of 18% or lower. New technologies regarding additive type, processing methods and storage options have left native grain as the most cost competitive concentrate feed source available for all classes of livestock.
This is particularly true in 2016 with projected green grain prices in the region or €120130/ tonne Dairy and beef farmers that store their own grain or purchase grain using Maxammon from neighbouring cereal farmers can make significant savings (€80/€100/T) in their winter concentrate costs. It is distributed in the south east by Brennan Agri Services, New Ross.
MAXAMMON ADVANCED GRAIN TREATMENT
Many methods of preserving grain exist and all of them do a good job at keeping grain stable. A process was developed 6 years ago by Strathclyde Nutrition in Scotland called Maxammon. Maxammon preserves grain but more importantly it enhances the feed value of the cereal and improves animal health.
Maxammon is an exceptionally cost effective and efficient system of grain storage and preservation and increasing crude protein by up to 30%. Grain crops off the combine can be rolled and stored on farm to be fed later to livestock on that farm, or may be sold and moved later on to another farmer for feeding to livestock (Farm to Farm traded).
Harvest time is the best opportunity to secure your winter feed concentrate requirement, at best value prices off the combine. That opportunity is there for any farmer with a requirement for high quality energy and protein (and there’s little better than Native Cereals or Imported Maize Grain) to adapt this system and keep tight control on concentrate costs for the coming winter/ spring.
MAXAMMON PROCESS
Maxammon Process The Maxammon additive is easily mixed in a diet wagon or in a crimper roller. Maxammon, which is a combination of Feed Grade Urea, Full Fat Soya Bean, Essential Oils and an Advanced Grain Enzyme, will release ammonia within the ensiled grain, thereby RAPIDLY preserving the grain without the need for drying or any further processing. Maxammon treated cereals have a protein level of approximately 30% higher than standard untreated grain.
This protein is of excellent quality and very well utilised by all ruminants. Because of the Alkaline Nature of Maxammon Grain, the animal can happily consume and efficiently digest significant volumes of this treated grain safely, and farmers and their animals can enjoy the benefit of a locally produced top quality concentrate feed. One of the other big benefits of using Maxammon Grain is the simplicity of the storage of the product. The treated grain should be sealed for two weeks from the day of treatment.
During the preservation process the advanced Maxammon Grain enzyme converts all of the added Soluble Feed Grade Urea to Ammonia. After that indoor silos may be opened and the plastic cover completely removed. It may be stored in an outdoor silo and left covered with plastic, and opened just to take a load or two to the feed house when required. Maxammon Grain can play a serious role in significantly reducing your winter/ spring animal feed costs.