Lallemand Animal Nutrition develops, produces and markets high-value yeast and bacteria products.
29/08/2025
We want to see your harvest season action! 📸
Whether you’ve been working in the fields, overseeing the harvest, or simply capturing those picturesque on-farm moments - send us your photos please. 😄 🚜
👉 Share your best harvesting pics with us in the comments below, or tag us in your story, and you might just see them featured in our feed!
27/08/2025
It doesn’t seem like almost a year since the last UK Dairy Day, but the 2025 event is just a few weeks away! 🐄
We’re pleased to be returning to the event at Telford International Centre on Wednesday 10th September and hope to see many of you there.
If you’re attending, pop over to see us on stand H161, Hall 1. Our team will be there to answer all your forage, ruminant nutrition, and livestock bedding questions!
23/08/2025
Spot the difference? 🌡️🌽
This thermal image shows exactly why it pays to treat your maize silage with a crop-specific inoculant.
On the left: untreated silage heating up – a clear sign of spoilage risk.
On the right: silage treated with MAGNIVA Platinum Maize, staying cool and stable thanks to a 99.9% reduction in yeasts and moulds.
Trials at Lallemand’s Forage Centre of Excellence prove it: the right inoculant preserves feed quality, improves silage stability, and protects your herd from mycotoxins, all winter long. ✅
Why wouldn’t you use an inoculant this season?
22/08/2025
Want to avoid mycotoxins in your maize silage? 🤔
Take a look at our five top tips for preventing poor quality in your maize this season.
20/08/2025
🌽 “Our forage value is phenomenal – year on year, season on season.”
Somerset dairy farmer Chris Ford doesn’t leave maize silage quality to chance.
With 600 acres grown annually to feed his 850-cow Holstein herd, Chris consistently uses Magniva Platinum Maize Elite to maintain silage stability and preserve energy. 🐄
“For us, it’s an insurance to prevent secondary fermentation, reduce energy wastage from heating and shrinkage, and achieve a stable, better quality forage for our cows,” says Chris.
19/08/2025
Meet Regional Business Manager Kevin McAnenly at Lallemand! 🌟
Curious about what it's like to be a Regional Business Manager in the animal nutrition industry? Kevin McAnenly has been with Lallemand for five years, with over 25 years in the animal health industry.
His journey is filled with insights and experiences that highlight the importance of nutrition in animal diets.
Our RBMs are already seeing early maize harvests kicking off this weekend and next week in Cheshire and Berkshire.
Initial dry matters are already around 40%, according to the MGA.
Remember to base your choice of inoculant on DM results and also consider how much stress has affected your maize through the key growing period.
A crop- and condition-specific inoculant is always recommended for maximum feed value! ✅
14/08/2025
🌡 Heat stress isn’t just a ‘couple of hot weeks’ problem – our work with Davidsons Animal Feeds shows it can hit UK herds for long stretches of summer.
From 35,000+ on-farm data points, we found:
🐄 Heat stress on 50% of summer days
🥛 Up to 1.5kg milk lost per cow/day
📉 Reduced rumination and fertility
Even at 21°C with 65% humidity, cows can reach the heat stress threshold.
Environmental changes and targeted nutrition – including Levucell® SC Titan live yeast – can help protect rumen function, feed efficiency and performance.
Read the full findings and tips in Davidsons’ article 👉 link in reel caption.
11/08/2025
Support your piglets at weaning with smart sow management
We all know weaning can be stressful - but the work to raise strong, healthy piglets starts long before that.
Here’s what you can do to help:
✅ Good farrowing conditions
Low-stress farrowing conditions mean stronger piglets at birth and better colostrum intake - key for early immunity and growth.
✅ Sow condition at oestrus and throughout gestation
Ensure your sows are in good condition at oestrus, and support them throughout gestation for strong piglet development.
✅ Support the sow’s gut microbiota
A healthy sow gut helps shape the piglet’s gut from day one. That means fewer issues like scours and better performance after weaning.
Did you know? Feeding Levucell SB during gestation and lactation has been shown to support the sow’s microbiota, and that has a knock-on effect on piglet health and growth through maternal imprinting.
Want to know more about how to support your sows and piglets? Drop us a message or contact us at https://bit.ly/4liCpaE
28/07/2025
🚜 Recently, it’s been a pleasure for our regional business manager, John Cryer, to be joined in Somerset by Matthieu Bouchet, an intern from the French Lallemand team! 🇫🇷
Matthieu, who’s studying agriculture in the beautiful Pays de la Loire region south of Brittany, has been out and about, learning all about quality forage production on UK dairy farms. 🌱
He’s spending three months with us, gaining valuable insights from our team and the expert farmers we work alongside.
25/07/2025
Somerset farmer, Chris Ford, from Peadon Farm grows 600 acres of maize annually to ensure his cows get the best possible nutrition, with 40% dry matter (DM) and 38% starch content being his top priority for optimal milk production.
Using an inoculant helps Chris maintain quality and energy density in his forage.
For more information on incorporating an inoculant into your 2025 maize harvest, speak to your local Lallemand Animal Nutrition regional business manager.
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End of the 19th century: Lallemand was founded in Montreal by a young immigrant from Alsace: Fred Shurer. Since his name was difficult to pronounce for his fellow citizens, he was nicknamed “Lallemand”, which is the French for “the German.” He kept the name and gave it to the company. In 1923, Fred started producing baker’s yeast in the Préfontaine Street plant in Montreal, which is still in operation today, to supply the North American baking industry.
1952: The Chagnon family purchased Lallemand, moving the company forward from a baker’s yeast producer to a major player in the development and production of specific yeast and bacteria strains, serving markets such as baking, beer brewing, oenology, spirits, biofuels, plant care, food, human health, pharmaceuticals, and animal nutrition. The company practically grew from yeast to become a global leader in microbial fermentation.
Today, Lallemand is globally present with more than 30 yeast and bacteria production plants. With more than 4,000 employees around the world, the group has an active business presence on all five continents.
…to a leader in animal nutrition and well-being
Lallemand entered the animal nutrition sector in the late 1980s, with the production of bacteria for silage inoculants and probiotics, first in Europe, with the acquisition of the first bacteria plant of the group in France (Aurillac) in 1988. Then, in North America with the acquisition of Milwaukee bacteria plant dedicated to animal nutrition in 1998.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition was born!
From the early days, Lallemand Animal Nutrition was driven by science, establishing its first long-lasting research partnership with INRA team in Clermont-Ferrand dedicated to ruminant research in 1989 and growing its network of research partnerships ever since.
Today, Lallemand Animal Nutrition employs more than 400 people across all continents and is a key player in forage preservation and the nutrition and well-being of ruminants, swine, poultry, aquaculture, equine and pets.
Some milestones in animal nutrition innovations
1995: Registration of ruminant and monogastric specific probiotic strains in Europe
1996: First bacteria for forage aerobic stability application (buchneri NCIMB 40788; Biotal)
2008: First patented microencapsulation technology for live yeast (Titan)
2009: First probiotic bacteria strain authorized in the EU for aquaculture
2016: First formulated multi-strain yeast fractions product
2018: First positive biofilm product developed for the animal environment