#94659
Barley Hay 2025 No Rain
An excellent stack of barley hay prepared in ideal conditions without rain and well stored in a new shed. The whole operation only took 8 days so colour, leaf retention etc is all very good. Moisture content is very even averaging 10.3%
Summary
Visual grade: AA
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Barley
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Maximus CL
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
3.51
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.39
Protein (%)
10
ME (MJ / kg)
10.34
Moisture (%)
10.2
Visual Grade
AA
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
916.96 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
720 kg
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Visual
An excellent stack of barley hay prepared in ideal conditions without rain and well stored in a new shed. The whole operation only took 8 days so colour, leaf retention etc is all very good. Moisture content is very even averaging 10.3%
Crop
Type / Species
Barley
Variety
Maximus CL
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
1274
Bale / Package Weight
720 kg
Volume in Tonnes
916.96
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
8 - String
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Excellent
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
10.3
Moisture High (%)
15.1
Moisture Comment
Even
Moisture Low (%)
9.4
Number of Tests
100
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Clean
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
Clean
Cutting & Curing
How Long Cured (days)
8
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
No rain
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
17-Oct-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Variable
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
20
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE2 - Fresh green to dark green <25% sun bleached to bright white / golden colour
Colour Comment
Excellent
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Leaf Retention comment
Excellent
Aroma
Aroma
Sweet fresh hay smell
Aroma Comment
Excellent
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
31/03/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (94659-NIRD-2)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
10.34
Relative Feed Value
124
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
10.46
Relative Forage Quality
153
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
34.8
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
15.1
% Crude Fat
2.4
Digestible Energy (DE)
12.1
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
3.55
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
6.01
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
6
Crude Protein (CP)
10
% Available Protein
9.3
Soluble Protein
5
Degradable Protein
7
% ADICP
0.7
% NDICP
2.5
Soluble Protein % of CP
50
Degradable Protein % of CP
74
Est. Lysine
0.235
Est. Methionine
0.116
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
49.5
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
29.8
aNDFom
46.9
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
24.1
% TDN
66
% Starch
2
% Lignin
3.7
% Moisture
10.2
% Dry Matter
89.8
% Ash
5.9
uNDFom 30hr
21.6
uNDFom 120hr
14.1
uNDFom 240hr
13
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
42
Potassium (K)
1.69
Calcium (Ca)
0.25
Magnesium (Mg)
0.14
Phosphorus (P)
0.21
Sulfur (S)
0.2
Chloride (Cl)
1.2
Total Fatty Acids
0.98
C18:1 Oleic
0.05
C18:2 Linoleic
0.12
C18:3 Linolenic
0.28
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