Forage Technology Ltd

Name

Forage Technology Ltd

Legal name

Forage Technology Limited

Website

https://foragetech.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Biological Inputs

NAICS

Other Animal Food Manufacturing (311119), Animal Food Manufacturing (3111)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Forage Preservation & Additives (Silage Inoculants, Preservatives) (AFADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Animal Nutrition & Feeding Support Services (On-Farm Feeding, Feed Management) (AFAEALAJ), Performance & Health Outcome Consulting (growth, FCR, milk yield, gut health) (AFADAMAG)

Keywords

• Silage additives
• Livestock nutrition
• Biological inoculants
• Forage preservation
• Dairy farming

Headquarters

HQ city

Furness Vale

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. SafeGuard 6 Silage Additive Sales: Sale of biological silage preservation products to farmers and distributors. Products include the SafeGuard 6 three-strain bacterial inoculant with enzyme technology. Sold on an ex-works basis with pricing quoted per order.
2. Newtrition Nutrition Consulting: On-farm herd and forage assessment services combined with nutritional advice. The platform provides actionable 14-day and 90-day nutrition plans. Independent advisory service that does not sell feed.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Forage Technology develops and sells biological silage additives (SafeGuard 6) and provides independent livestock nutrition advisory services (Newtrition) for UK dairy farmers. The company's biological silage additive uses three EFSA-approved bacterial strains combined with enzyme technology for rapid pH reduction and reduced dry matter losses, while the Newtrition platform delivers on-farm herd and forage assessment with actionable 14-day and 90-day nutrition plans.

Product overview

Forage Technology Ltd offers two core biological product lines: SafeGuard 6, a three-strain bacterial silage additive with enzyme technology for preservation of grass, maize, and wholecrop; and Newtrition, a livestock nutrition advisory platform combining on-farm consultation with advanced forage analysis. Both products are rooted in biological/microbiological science and are designed for British dairy farmers. The company is family-owned and operated from the Peak District since 1989.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SafeGuard 6: Flagship silage additive using three EFSA-approved bacterial strains and enzyme technology for rapid pH reduction, enhanced aerobic stability, and reduced dry matter losses. Suitable for grass, maize, and wholecrop systems.
• Newtrition

Products and services

• SafeGuard 6 Flagship biological silage additive using three EFSA-approved bacterial strains combined with enzyme technology, designed to deliver rapid pH reduction, enhanced aerobic stability, and reduced dry matter losses for modern UK grass, maize, and wholecrop silage systems. Sold to UK dairy farmers and distributors.
• Newtrition Livestock nutrition advisory platform combining on-farm herd and forage assessment with advanced forage analysis beyond standard NIR to help dairy farmers get more litres from home-grown forage. Provides actionable 14-day and 90-day nutrition plans with independent advice that does not sell feed.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Novonesis (formerly Chr. Hansen): Global bioscience company with a major animal and plant health segment that includes silage inoculants (e.g., SiloSolve, Biocool). Overlaps with SafeGuard 6's EFSA-approved bacterial strain positioning but operates across much broader markets.
• Trouw Nutrition (Nutreco): Global animal nutrition company providing feed additives, premixes, and on-farm advisory services. Comparable to the combined Newtrition advisory plus biological product offering, though at vastly larger scale.
• Biomin (DSM-Firmenich): Part of DSM-Firmenich's animal nutrition and health portfolio, producing mycotoxin binders, silage inoculants, and feed additives. Comparable to the biological-additives plus advisory nutrition positioning of Forage Technology at a global scale.

Direct peers

• Lallemand Animal Nutrition: Global market leader in microbial silage inoculants (e.g., Biotal, Lalsil, Magniva ranges). Directly competes with SafeGuard 6 in bacterial silage additives and serves dairy and livestock producers across the UK and globally.
• Volac: UK-based animal nutrition company selling Ecosyl silage inoculants and forage additives. Directly comparable to Forage Technology on geography, product category (silage inoculants), and target customer (UK dairy and livestock farmers).
• Micron Bio-Systems: UK-based supplier of biological silage additives, fermentation products, and livestock feed supplements. Directly competes in the UK biological silage additive space served by Forage Technology.
• Pioneer (Corteva): Pioneer brand (owned by Corteva) sells established silage inoculant lines such as 11CFT/11GFT and operates a deep UK distributor network. Competes head-on with SafeGuard 6 in grass and maize silage preservation.

Regional players

• Mole Valley Farmers: UK farmer-owned cooperative distributing feed, forage additives, and advisory services to British livestock and dairy farms. Acts as both a likely distributor channel and a comparable UK-focused forage-and-nutrition provider.

Others

• AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board): UK statutory levy body funding forage research, on-farm benchmarking, and best-practice guidance for dairy farmers. Complementary rather than competitive, but its research outputs shape the same UK silage and herd nutrition decision-making that Forage Technology's products target.

Emerging players

• Addcon (Esseco Industrial): Manufacturer of silage additives and feed preservatives based on organic acid and bacterial technologies. Competes in the European silage additive market with comparable product positioning to SafeGuard 6.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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