Saccharum officinarum

Filter press mud

Useful reference: 600

Filter-mud is an industrial waste that has acquired new importance as a compacting and wetting agent in surface silos where 60% of cane trash is ensiled together with 38% of filter mud and 2% urea. Since the trash usually contains 60-70% DM, the filter mud with 30% DM and granular consistency contributes the needed moisture and texture to ensure optimum silage.

Dried filter-mud is also used as a filler in ruminant maintenance diets at a level of 10-30%, along with poultry manure, final molasses, ground cane, urea and minerals. For this purpose the filter mud is sun-dried or dried using heat from chimney escape gases at the sugar factory.