Molasses is commonly used as a feed supplement for livestock when grass is low and drought conditions prevail. More and more beef producers are using molasses in dry times. 

The sugar-cane producing nation of Australia is generally self-sufficient in terms of molasses supply for livestock feed, however, in particularly dry years molasses has been imported to meet strong Australian demand. 

Molasses is not only used for feeding beef cattle – it has an ever-increasing variety of applications.

The unexpected ways in which molasses is being used in Australia and across the world

We have received enquiries nationally and internationally from businesses using molasses in a variety of interesting ways. 

• Soil health: Farmers use molasses to restore and maintain soil health for cropping purposes. A watered-down solution is applied fields as an organic nutrient. This is a growing practice as landholders become more concerned with soil health and consumers become more conscious of chemical usage in food production.

• Milk production: Dairies in the Middle East uses bulk imported molasses to feed herds of dairy cows. These intense feeding and milking operations supply milk domestically; trade issues with neighbouring countries restrict them from importing spoilable products. They must produce their own with limited pastures, hence molasses feed is essential.

• Prawn feed: Prawn farmers use molasses in their aquaculture operations. The molasses improves prawn growth and weight gain and helps to maintain water quality by managing cultures and bacterias.

• Wastewater treatment: Molasses helps remove nitrogen from wastewater as part of the purification process.

• In the garden: When molasses is added to organic fertilisers, it becomes a food for healthy microbes in the soil. It can also be added to water and sprayed on plant leaves or poured on garden soil. Some say molasses is also an effective insecticide.

• Health products: Molasses is thought to have anti-inflammatory properties and is used as a lower-GI sweet substitute for sugary treats.

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