#86641
1st Cut Lucerne Hay in 6-string 8x4x3 bales. Cut mid flowering with mower conditioner, raked once and cured over 10 days. Average moisture of 13.7%, clean leaf and stem. 3-4mm stem with normal texture and leaf generally connected. Good green colour, some gum leaves throughout bales. Approx. 16 of remaining bales are bottom bales with some dirt and small signs of moisture which is reflected in the reduced price.
1st Cut Lucerne Hay in 6-string 8x4x3 bales. Cut mid flowering with mower conditioner, raked once and cured over 10 days. Average moisture of 13.7%, clean leaf and stem. 3-4mm stem with normal texture and leaf generally connected. Good green colour, some gum leaves throughout bales
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: A
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Lucerne
Sold By The
tonne
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.02
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
4.23
Protein (%)
20.6
ME (MJ / kg)
9.82
Moisture (%)
9.8
Visual Grade
A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Documents
Visual
1st Cut Lucerne Hay in 6-string 8x4x3 bales. Cut mid flowering with mower conditioner, raked once and cured over 10 days. Average moisture of 13.7%, clean leaf and stem. 3-4mm stem with normal texture and leaf generally connected. Good green colour, some gum leaves throughout bales
Crop
Type / Species
Lucerne
Irrigated
No
What cut is it?
1st
Volume
Quantity
1
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Volume in Tonnes
0.62
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
6 - string
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Open sided shed
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Dirt floor
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
13.7
Moisture High (%)
14
Moisture Low (%)
11
Number of Tests
25
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Scotch thistle
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
Gum leaves possible
Maturity
Lucerne Cut
1st
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
10
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Mid flowering
Raked Times
1
Comment
Good curing conditions
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
01-Nov-2024
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
14
Stem Thickness
Lucerne 3-4mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LU2 - Good green hay <15% bleached colours
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal Texture, Leaf generally connected
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
09/01/2025
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (86641-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.82
Relative Feed Value
141
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
10.1
Relative Forage Quality
140
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
30.6
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
5.7
% Crude Fat
2
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.58
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.85
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.68
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.23
Crude Protein (CP)
20.6
% Available Protein
19.1
Soluble Protein
8
Degradable Protein
16
% ADICP
1.5
% NDICP
4.2
Soluble Protein % of CP
41
Degradable Protein % of CP
76
Est. Lysine
1.04648
Est. Methionine
0.32548
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
41.7
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
33
aNDFom
40.5
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
7.2
% TDN
60
% Starch
1
% Lignin
6.8
% Moisture
9.8
% Dry Matter
90.3
% Ash
9.3
uNDFom 30hr
24.6
uNDFom 120hr
24.2
uNDFom 240hr
23.7
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
35
Potassium (K)
2.24
Calcium (Ca)
1.47
Magnesium (Mg)
0.41
Phosphorus (P)
0.21
Sulfur (S)
0.32
Chloride (Cl)
1.24
Total Fatty Acids
1.24
C18:1 Oleic
0.02
C18:2 Linoleic
0.16
C18:3 Linolenic
0.28
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