#98573
Oaten hay in 8 string 8x4x3 bales stacked in a shed
Oaten hay in 8 string 8x4x3 bales. Cut at flowering early milky dough stage. Well conditioned. High yielding crop with large windrows receiving rain half way through the 16 days of curing. Has still retained some colour and normal to soft texture. Average moisture of 11.4%
Summary
Visual grade: FS-B
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Oaten
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Coolabah
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
6.04
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
4.27
Protein (%)
6.7
ME (MJ / kg)
9.48
Moisture (%)
9.1
Visual Grade
FS-B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
465 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Visual
Oaten hay in 8 string 8x4x3 bales. Cut at flowering early milky dough stage. Well conditioned. High yielding crop with large windrows receiving rain half way through the 16 days of curing. Has still retained some colour and normal to soft texture. Average moisture of 11.4%
Crop
Type / Species
Oaten
Variety
Coolabah
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
750
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Volume in Tonnes
465
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
8 - String
Material Consistency
Very even <5% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Stacked in two sheds at same location. Hay shed open, machinery shed two walls.
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Gravel
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
11.4
Moisture High (%)
15.2
Moisture Low (%)
10
Number of Tests
40
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
16
Weather while Curing
Rainfall >10mm & < 25mm
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
Rain event half way through curing period.
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
08-Oct-2026
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Well conditioned with normal to soft texture
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
20
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE4 - <50% mottled colours remainder green
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
24/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98573-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.48
Relative Feed Value
93
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.23
Relative Forage Quality
118
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
26.2
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
13
% Crude Fat
2.4
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.25
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.99
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.18
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.38
Crude Protein (CP)
6.7
% Available Protein
6
Soluble Protein
3
Degradable Protein
5
% ADICP
0.7
% NDICP
1.9
Soluble Protein % of CP
46
Degradable Protein % of CP
72
Est. Lysine
0.23852
Est. Methionine
0.12529
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
60.3
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
36.7
aNDFom
57.1
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
16.1
% TDN
62
% Starch
1.5
% Lignin
3.7
% Moisture
9.1
% Dry Matter
90.9
% Ash
6.3
uNDFom 30hr
23.8
uNDFom 120hr
14.5
uNDFom 240hr
11.7
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
45
Potassium (K)
2.03
Calcium (Ca)
0.31
Magnesium (Mg)
0.13
Phosphorus (P)
0.3
Sulfur (S)
0.17
Chloride (Cl)
0.38
Total Fatty Acids
0.7
C18:1 Oleic
0.06
C18:2 Linoleic
0.08
C18:3 Linolenic
0.14
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