(JP7231752-A)      To alkali-treated bagasse, lactic acid bacterium and nutrients are added and fermented.    ADVANTAGE -   Very tasty fermented bagasse of high quality is obtd. in a short time.    (ZA9410119-A)      Prepn. of a fermented bagasse feed (FBF) comprises: (a) incorporating a nutrient source and a seed culture of a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium contg. 6.5% w/w NaCl, into an alkali-treated bagasse; and (b) fermenting and recovering FBF. The FBF prod. is new.    The alkali-treated bagasse is pref. prepd. by softening a bagasse while preventing the decompsn. of cellulose and hemicellulose. The seed culture comprises lactic acid bacteria of the genera Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus and/or Pediococcus, esp. Enterococcus faecium FERM BP-4504. The nutrient source is energy sources, proteins, minerals and/or vitamins. The nutrient source is incorporated in an amt. not exceeding the amt. of bagasse on a dry solid basis.    USE -   Bagasse, a squeezed waste of sugar cane, contains cellulose and hemicellulose and is known for use in part as fuel source. FBF provides a high quality feed for cattle or livestock. Other nutrients can be added to FBF to produce a feed for monogastric animals e.g. pigs.    ADVANTAGE -   The method provides a use for agricultural waste bagasse, more than 100 million tons per year of which were previously unutilised. Cattle can assimilate bagasse, but previously there was the danger that pieces of the bagasse could be struck into the walls of the rumen. Treating with the bacterium improves the digestibility of the bagasse by decomposing the lignin present to soften the structure of bagasse. Use of the microorganism also reduces the prodn. period of fermented bagasse.    (GB2284972-B)      Prepn. of a fermented bagasse feed (FBF) comprises: (a) incorporating a nutrient source and a seed culture of a lactic acid bacterium capable of proliferating in an alkaline nutrient culture medium of pH 9.5 or in a nutrient culture medium contg. 6.5% w/w NaCl, into an alkali-treated bagasse; and (b) fermenting and recovering FBF. The FBF prod. is new.    The alkali-treated bagasse is pref. prepd. by softening a bagasse while preventing the decompsn. of cellulose and hemicellulose. The seed culture comprises lactic acid bacteria of the genera Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus and/or Pediococcus, esp. Enterococcus faecium FERM BP-4504. The nutrient source is energy sources, proteins, minerals and/or vitamins. The nutrient source is incorporated in an amt. not exceeding the amt. of bagasse on a dry solid basis.    USE -   Bagasse, a squeezed waste of sugar cane, contains cellulose and hemicellulose and is known for use in part as fuel source. FBF provides a high quality feed for cattle or livestock. Other nutrients can be added to FBF to produce a feed for monogastric animals e.g. pigs.    ADVANTAGE -   The method provides a use for agricultural waste bagasse, more than 100 million tons per year of which were previously unutilised. Cattle can assimilate bagasse, but previously there was the danger that pieces of the bagasse could be struck into the walls of the rumen. Treating with the bacterium improves the digestibility of the bagasse by decomposing the lignin present to soften the structure of bagasse. Use of the microorganism also reduces the prodn. period of fermented bagasse.