#91284
Oaten Hay 91284
Boort, VIC2025 Oaten Hay
Oaten hay baled on the 1st of November 2025. Ideal curing conditions. No rain. Baled with an 8 string Krone baler. Bale weights average 715kg. Good green colour with not much sun bleaching. Soft texture and good leaf retention. Moisture readings averaged 12.3% with mist reading between 11-12%. Very consistent readings. One bale read 17.3%. Fresh and sweet hay aroma. Nice evenly shaped bales. Good shed and easily accessible to road.
Summary
Visual grade: AA

Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Oaten
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Yallara
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
4.89
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.92
Protein (%)
8
ME (MJ / kg)
9.98
Moisture (%)
10.6
Visual Grade
AA
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
360 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
720 kg
Documents
Interim Visual
Oaten hay baled on the 1st of November 2025. Ideal curing conditions. No rain. Baled with an 8 string Krone baler. Bale weights average 715kg. Good green colour with not much sun bleaching. Soft texture and good leaf retention. Moisture readings averaged 12.3% with mist reading between 11-12%. Very consistent readings. One bale read 17.3%. Fresh and sweet hay aroma. Nice evenly shaped bales. Good shed and easily accessible to road.
Crop
Type / Species
Oaten
Variety
Yallara
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
500
Bale / Package Weight
720 kg
Volume in Tonnes
360
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
Good shed. Elevated position with gutters and good access to road
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
12.3
Moisture High (%)
17.3
Moisture Comment
Moisture readings mostly 12%. Two higher readings of 15% and one 17.3%. Overall fairly consistent moisture readings.
Moisture Low (%)
10.5
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
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
14
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
Ideal curing conditions. No rain
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
01-Nov-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Stem length ranging from 20-25cm
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
25
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE2 - Fresh green to dark green <25% sun bleached to bright white / golden colour
Colour Comment
Good green colour. Only a bit of sun bleached leaves/stem.
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Leaf Retention comment
Good leaf retention. Soft in texture
Aroma
Aroma
Sweet fresh hay smell
Aroma Comment
Sweet fresh hay aroma
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
08/11/2025
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (91284-NIRD-1)
ME 1X (MJ/kg)
9.98
Relative Feed Value
111
Relative Forage Quality
130
Horse DE (MJ/kg)
10.06
% Non Fibre Carbo. (NFC)
33.2
% ESC (Simple Sugars)
14.9
% Crude Fat
2
DE 1X (MJ/kg)
11.75
Net Energy Gain (MJ/kg)
3.34
Net Energy Lactation (MJ/kg)
5.75
Net Energy Maintenance (MJ/kg)
5.76
% Crude Protein
8
% Available Protein
7.3
% Soluble Protein
4
% Degradable Protein
6
% ADICP
0.7
% NDICP
1.8
Soluble Protein % of CP
50
Degradable Protein % of CP
77
% Est. Lysine
0.2848
% Est. Methionine
0.1496
% Neutral Detergent Fibre
52.7
% Acid Detergent Fibre
33.3
% aNDFom
51.4
% WSC (Water Sol. Carbs.)
25.3
% TDN
65
% Starch
0.6
% Lignin
3.4
% Moisture
10.6
% Dry Matter
89.5
% Ash
5.9
% uNDFom 30hr
24.9
% uNDFom 120hr
18.2
% uNDFom 240hr
15.3
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
40
% Potassium (K)
1.56
% Calcium (Ca)
0.32
% Magnesium (Mg)
0.15
% Phosphorus (P)
0.2
% Sulfur (S)
0.18
% Chloride (Cl)
1.24
Total Fatty Acids
0.88
C18:1 Oleic
0.02
C18:2 Linoleic
0.12
C18:3 Linolenic
0.22
DCAD + minerals (91284-330-1)
% Moisture
10.4
% Dry Matter
89.6
% Potassium (K)
1.41
% Calcium (Ca)
0.15
% Magnesium (Mg)
0.12
% Phosphorus (P)
0.13
% Sulfur (S)
0.1
% Chloride (Cl)
1.19
% Sodium (Na)
0.665
ppm Copper (Cu)
4
ppm Iron (Fe)
97
ppm Manganese (Mn)
84
ppm Molybdenum (Mo)
0.8
ppm Zinc (Zn)
8
DCAD, mEq/100g
25
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