UK’s


for correction of soil acidity


No.1 Liming product


Biogas Maize


The 2018 Forage Maize for Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Descriptive List for favourable sites has 34 varieties, with nine new listings. Those new listings are GL3121 and Gatsby from Limagrain,


Bonnie, Absalon and ES Atlantide from Grainseed, Babexx from RAGT, MAS 13M from Maisadour Semences, Codigreen and Em- merson from DLF. The AD descriptive list for less favourable sites also includes nine new varieties Emmerson, Bonnie, Gatsby, ES Atlantide, Absalon, MAS 13M, and Codigreen plus Tiberio and Konsulixx from RAGT. Nine varieties have been dropped from the list, leaving 27 in total. All varieties on the 2018 Lists were nominated by their respec- tive plant breeders and are suitable for biogas producers growing and using the crop as a feedstock.


New inoculant for maize clamps


A new silage inoculant – Bonsi- lage Speed M – which speeds fer- mentation and enables clamped maize silage to be ready to feed just two weeks after ensiling, has been launched into the UK by Re- alistic Agri.


Made by German manufactur-


er Schaumann Agri, Bonsilage Speed M contains a new hetero- fermentative lactic acid bacteria strain – Lactobacillus diolivorans


– which is said to reduce matur- ing time in the clamp, with min- imal losses and maximum ener- gy retention.


It typically takes 6-8 weeks


for maize silage to stabilise in the clamp after being harvested and ensiled. But Schaumann Agri claims Bonsilage Speed M means farmers only need to wait two weeks before opening the clamp to start safely feeding it out.


For performance


Optimises soil pH


Increases available calcium Fast acting and long lasting Provides valuable nutrients Improves soil structure Flexible service options


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