#98377
Line of dryland heavy 4x4 beardless barley
Great soft hay with a bit of bleaching. Heavy bales. Dryland paddock.
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: FS-B

Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Barley
Sold By The
bale
Variety
Cracken
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
1.7
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
2.34
Protein (%)
13.6
ME (MJ / kg)
9.89
Moisture (%)
9.2
Visual Grade
FS-B
Bale / Package Size
Rnd 4x4
Units
132 bales
Bale / Package Weight
276 kg
Visual
Great soft hay with a bit of bleaching. Heavy bales. Dryland paddock.
Crop
Type / Species
Barley
Variety
Cracken
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
132
Bale / Package Weight
276 kg
Volume in Tonnes
36.432
Packaging
Bale / Package Size
Rnd 4x4
Wrap Type
Net wrap
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
15.4
Moisture High (%)
22
Moisture Comment
Very dry with a few readings above 18%
Moisture Low (%)
10.7
Number of Tests
21
# Tests >18%
5
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Weather while Curing
Hot dry conditions no rain
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
13
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
3
Comment
Hot dry conditions.
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
23-Sep-2026
Curing additive
No
Baling to Storage Time
Up to 1 week
Stem
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
30
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE3 - >50% shades of green, with remainder sun bleached to bright white / golden colour
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
15/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98377-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.89
Relative Feed Value
116
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.27
Relative Forage Quality
147
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
25.8
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
8
% Crude Fat
2.9
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.66
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
3.12
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.65
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.53
Crude Protein (CP)
13.6
% Available Protein
12.9
Soluble Protein
6
Degradable Protein
10
% ADICP
0.7
% NDICP
3.9
Soluble Protein % of CP
44
Degradable Protein % of CP
76
Est. Lysine
0.3196
Est. Methionine
0.15776
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
51.1
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
32.3
aNDFom
47
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
11.8
% TDN
62
% Starch
1.8
% Lignin
3.5
% Moisture
9.2
% Dry Matter
90.8
% Ash
10.5
uNDFom 30hr
14.4
uNDFom 120hr
9.3
uNDFom 240hr
8.3
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
51
Potassium (K)
2.72
Calcium (Ca)
0.28
Magnesium (Mg)
0.24
Phosphorus (P)
0.26
Sulfur (S)
0.34
Chloride (Cl)
1.24
Total Fatty Acids
0.84
C18:1 Oleic
0.03
C18:2 Linoleic
0.08
C18:3 Linolenic
0.24
What You'll Pay
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