#96576
Nice tight bales, weighing 520kg due to bulky crop. Cut with mower conditioner and raked twice due to several rain events. Smells normal with no black spotting on appearance. Showing little green colour, with remainder bleached from rain events. Bales went into storage same day as baled.
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: B
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Oaten
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Archer
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.86
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.21
Protein (%)
8.9
ME (MJ / kg)
7.93
Moisture (%)
7.4
Visual Grade
B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
375.44 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
520 kg
Documents
Visual
Nice tight bales, weighing 520kg due to bulky crop. Cut with mower conditioner and raked twice due to several rain events. Smells normal with no black spotting on appearance. Showing little green colour, with remainder bleached from rain events. Bales went into storage same day as baled.
Crop
Type / Species
Oaten
Variety
Archer
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
722
Bale / Package Weight
520 kg
Volume in Tonnes
375.44
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
New shed, elevated site, good guttering
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Gravel
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
12.2
Moisture High (%)
17
Moisture Comment
10-17 % variation
Moisture Low (%)
10.4
Number of Tests
41
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
No weeds
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
28
Weather while Curing
Poor curing conditions
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Full Flower, possible milky dough seed
Raked Times
2
Comment
Several rain events 80mm in total
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
31-Oct-2025
Curing additive
No
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
Stem Length Comment
10-30
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
15
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE5 - >50% sun bleached & mottled colours, stained green leaf
Colour Comment
Little green colour, remainder bleached due to rain events
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Leaf Retention comment
Conditioned well, stems and leaf soft to touch
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Aroma Comment
Smells normal
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
09/07/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (96576-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
7.93
Relative Feed Value
69
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
7.76
Relative Forage Quality
80
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
14.2
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
2.4
% Crude Fat
1.9
Digestible Energy (DE)
9.72
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
1.68
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
3.68
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
3.96
Crude Protein (CP)
8.9
% Available Protein
7.7
Soluble Protein
3
Degradable Protein
6
% ADICP
1.2
% NDICP
2.4
Soluble Protein % of CP
37
Degradable Protein % of CP
65
Est. Lysine
0.31684
Est. Methionine
0.16643
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
70.7
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
46.7
aNDFom
68.9
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
2.4
% TDN
53
% Starch
2.2
% Lignin
6.7
% Moisture
7.4
% Dry Matter
92.6
% Ash
6.6
uNDFom 30hr
45.1
uNDFom 120hr
26.9
uNDFom 240hr
25.4
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
28
Potassium (K)
1.73
Calcium (Ca)
0.47
Magnesium (Mg)
0.17
Phosphorus (P)
0.23
Sulfur (S)
0.15
Chloride (Cl)
0.83
Total Fatty Acids
0.82
C18:1 Oleic
0.09
C18:2 Linoleic
0.11
C18:3 Linolenic
0.1
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