#86255
Lucerne Hay 86255
Ex Farm: $420 per tonne + GST
Riverleigh, QLD
Lucerne Hay in tight 8x4x3 bales. Good colour and a sweet lucerne aroma. A very small percentage of summer grasses maybe visible, they are Rhodes grasses.
Average moisture of 18% , with each bale having been inoculated with Silac Extra. No rain during the curing, baling and storage processes. Shedded
74.2 tonnes available
Important Documents
Summary
Visual grade: A
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Lucerne
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
L56
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Visual Grade
A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
74.2 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
530 kg
Documents
Visual
Lucerne Hay in tight 8x4x3 bales. Good colour and a sweet lucerne aroma. A very small percentage of summer grasses maybe visible, they are Rhodes grasses. Average moisture of 18% , with each bale having been inoculated with Silac Extra. No rain during the curing, baling and storage processes. Shedded
Crop
Type / Species
Lucerne
Variety
L56
Irrigated
Yes
What cut is it?
3rd
Volume
Quantity
140
Bale / Package Weight
530 kg
Volume in Tonnes
74.2
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 Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Residual hay
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
18
Moisture High (%)
24
Moisture Comment
High moisture readings could be because of high humid days and large amount of rainfall in last 2 months
Moisture Low (%)
15
Number of Tests
12
# Tests >18%
6
Weeds
Weed Amount
< 5%
Weeds Comments
Summer grasses may be present
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
Clean hay
Maturity
Lucerne Cut
3rd
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
4
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Early flowering <25% flower
Raked Times
3
Comment
Days with Low humidity
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
09-Dec-2024
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
25-35
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
30
Stem Thickness
Lucerne 3-4mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LU3 - >50% shades of green with remainder bleached colours
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Soft to normal in texture Leaf mostly connected; >90% retention and 95% in bale.
Leaf Retention comment
Leaf retention should be good due to moistures
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Aroma Comment
Sweet to normal Lucerne hay smell
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
08/01/2025
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
86255-NIRD-1
% Available Protein
19.4
% Calcium
1.02
% Chloride
1.22
% Crude Fat
1.9
% Crude Protein
20.8
% Dry Matter
90.1
% ESC (Simple Sugars)
6.1
% Lignin
7
% Magnesium
0.41
% Moisture
9.9
% NDICP
4
% Neutral Detergent Fiber
41.3
% Phosphorus
0.28
% Potassium
2.5
% Starch
1.1
% Sulfur
0.31
% TDN
60
% WSC (Water Sol. Carbs.)
7.3
aNDFom
40
DE 1X (MJ/kg)
11.72
Degradable Protein % of CP
79
Horse DE (MJ/kg)
10.28
% Acid Detergent Fiber
33.5
% ADICP
1.4
% Ash
8.4
ME 1X (MJ/kg)
9.95
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
32
Net Energy Gain
2.94
Net Energy Lactation
5.75
Net Energy Maintenance
5.32
Relative Feed Value
142
Soluble Protein % of CP
43
uNDFom120
24.9
uNDFom240
24.5
uNDFom30
25.2
Est. Lysine %
1.05664
Est. Methionine %
0.32864
C18.1
0.02
C18.2
0.16
C18.3
0.22
RDP
16
RFQ
136
TFA
1.23
SP
9
% Non Fibre Carbo. (NFC)
31.6
Seller Information:
HAYLIN
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