#87387
Lucerne Hay 87387
Forbes, NSWlarge 8x4x3bales of 2nd cut lucerne. Cut at pre flowering with massey twinmax mover conditioner. Nice smelling and fine stem line of lucerne hay. Stored in shed with floor lined with hay. Average moisture reading of 12.6% .
300bales available
Summary
Visual grade: A

Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Lucerne
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Aurora
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Visual Grade
A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
36 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
600 kg
Documents
Visual
large 8x4x3bales of 2nd cut lucerne. Cut at pre flowering with massey twinmax mover conditioner. Nice smelling and fine stem line of lucerne hay. Stored in shed with floor lined with hay. Average moisture reading of 12.6% . 300bales available
Crop
Type / Species
Lucerne
Variety
Aurora
Irrigated
No
What cut is it?
2nd
Volume
Quantity
60
Bale / Package Weight
600 kg
Volume in Tonnes
36
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
shed floor covered with biscuits of hay
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Residual hay
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
12.6
Moisture High (%)
15.8
Moisture Comment
average 12.6 moisture mostly the readings were between 11.5%~13.5%
Moisture Low (%)
11
Number of Tests
40
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
Trace amounts of stubble
Maturity
Lucerne Cut
2nd
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
10
Weather while Curing
Hot dry conditions no rain
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Early flowering <25% flower
Raked Times
1
Comment
was ready to bale on day 6 but couldn’t get a dew to bale until day 10
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
05-Jan-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
40-50cm
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
50
Stem Thickness
Lucerne 2-3mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LU2 - Good green hay <15% bleached colours
Colour Comment
pretty good colour 5% bleaching
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Soft to normal in texture Leaf mostly connected; >90% retention and 95% in bale.
Leaf Retention comment
2nd cut first year lucerne nice fine stem
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
27/02/2025
Inspection Manager
Stephen Page
Feed Test
87387-NIRD-1
% Acid Detergent Fibre
34.4
% ADICP
1.4
% Ash
8.7
% Available Protein
16.4
% Calcium (Ca)
1.4
% Chloride (Cl)
0.9
% Crude Fat
1.8
% Crude Protein
17.8
% Dry Matter
90.3
% ESC (Simple Sugars)
5.9
% Lignin
6.8
% Magnesium (Mg)
0.34
% Moisture
9.7
% NDICP
3.2
% Neutral Detergent Fibre
42.5
% Phosphorus (P)
0.24
% Potassium (K)
2.63
% Starch
0.9
% Sulfur (S)
0.31
% TDN
60
% WSC (Water Sol. Carbs.)
7.5
% aNDFom
41.2
DE 1X (MJ/kg)
11.41
Degradable Protein % of CP
77
Horse DE (MJ/kg)
10.18
ME 1X (MJ/kg)
9.64
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
28
Net Energy Gain (MJ/kg)
2.82
Net Energy Lactation (MJ/kg)
5.64
Net Energy Maintenance (MJ/kg)
5.19
Relative Feed Value
136
Soluble Protein % of CP
45
% uNDFom 120hr
26.8
% uNDFom 240hr
26.1
% uNDFom 30hr
28.1
% Est. Lysine
0.90424
% Est. Methionine
0.28124
C18:1 Oleic
0.02
C18:2 Linoleic
0.18
C18:3 Linolenic
0.27
% Degradable Protein
14
Relative Forage Quality
122
Total Fatty Acids
1.31
% Soluble Protein
8
% Non Fibre Carbo. (NFC)
32.4
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