#95453
40%Grass 60% Lucerne
Good line of first cut Lucerne. 60% Lucerne and 40% ryegrass mix. Cut with twin max mower conditioner and raked once curing in a 17 day period. Showing good colour and no black spotting after three rain events totally 29mm. The odd bale has 5% marshmallow and some with a smaller amount of wireweed. Still has good colour, with a fresh hay smell and has a soft texture. Bales weigh approximately 615kg.
Summary
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Grassy Lucerne
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Magna 995
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
1.81
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.07
Protein (%)
16.4
ME (MJ / kg)
9.67
Moisture (%)
10.6
Visual Grade
B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
105.6 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
550 kg
Documents
Visual
Good line of first cut Lucerne. 60% Lucerne and 40% ryegrass mix. Cut with twin max mower conditioner and raked once curing in a 17 day period. Showing good colour and no black spotting after three rain events totally 29mm. The odd bale has 5% marshmallow and some with a smaller amount of wireweed. Still has good colour, with a fresh hay smell and has a soft texture. Bales weigh approximately 615kg.
Crop
Type / Species
Grassy Lucerne
Variety
Magna 995
Irrigated
No
What cut is it?
1st
Volume
Quantity
192
Bale / Package Weight
550 kg
Volume in Tonnes
105.6
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
6 - string
Material Consistency
<10% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
New shed, big box gutters.
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Gravel
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
11.9
Moisture High (%)
16
Moisture Comment
Tight moisture range 11-16%, mostly around 12%
Moisture Low (%)
10.6
Number of Tests
25
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
< 5%
Weeds Comments
The odd bale has 5% marshmallow and a very small amount of wireweed due to isolated area in paddock
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Minor dust & straw
Foreign Material Comments
Small amount of leaf dust
Maturity
Lucerne Cut
1st
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
17
Weather while Curing
Rainfall >10mm & < 25mm
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Early flowering <25% flower
Raked Times
1
Comment
One rain event of 18mm seven days after cutting and then two smaller events of 11mm.
Steamed at baling?
Yes
Harvesting
Harvest Date
09-Dec-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
20-40
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
30
Stem Thickness
Lucerne 3-4mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LU4 - Approx 50% mottled green colours, remainder bleached yellow, brown-tan-silver
Colour Comment
Good colour, had some bleaching from rain and sun on top of windrow.
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal Texture, Leaf generally connected
Leaf Retention comment
Good leaf retention, soft to touch
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Aroma Comment
Normal fresh hay smell
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
21/05/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (95453-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.67
Relative Feed Value
129
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
10.27
Relative Forage Quality
136
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
32.3
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
7.2
% Crude Fat
2.5
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.44
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.93
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.69
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.32
Crude Protein (CP)
16.4
% Available Protein
15.1
Soluble Protein
6
Degradable Protein
12
% ADICP
1.3
% NDICP
3.2
Soluble Protein % of CP
36
Degradable Protein % of CP
72
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
44
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
35.7
aNDFom
41.8
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
9.5
% TDN
60
% Starch
1.4
% Lignin
7.2
% Moisture
10.6
% Dry Matter
89.5
% Ash
8
uNDFom 30hr
24.4
uNDFom 120hr
20
uNDFom 240hr
19.9
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
31
Potassium (K)
1.78
Calcium (Ca)
1.36
Magnesium (Mg)
0.27
Phosphorus (P)
0.23
Sulfur (S)
0.22
Chloride (Cl)
0.89
Total Fatty Acids
1.6
C18:1 Oleic
0.13
C18:2 Linoleic
0.22
C18:3 Linolenic
0.27
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