#97078
2025 Oaten hay
Good colour retention after rain events during curing, some watermarking minimal blackspot. Normal to soft leaves and stem good aroma with no dust smell. Average moisture 11.5%
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: B

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)
3.51
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.68
Protein (%)
9.8
ME (MJ / kg)
9.36
Moisture (%)
10
Visual Grade
B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
203 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
580 kg
Documents
Visual
Good colour retention after rain events during curing, some watermarking minimal blackspot. Normal to soft leaves and stem good aroma with no dust smell. Average moisture 11.5%
Crop
Type / Species
Oaten
Variety
Yallara
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
350
Bale / Package Weight
580 kg
Volume in Tonnes
203
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
Elevated position with gutters
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Earth / paddock surface
Rodent
Mice/Rats
Possible
Damage Caused
Couple of broken strings
Rodent Comments
Bait stations
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
11.5
Moisture High (%)
15.6
Moisture Comment
Only a few bales with higher readings
Moisture Low (%)
10.1
Number of Tests
40
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Rye grass
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Foreign Material Comments
None visible
Cutting & Curing
How Long Cured (days)
25
Weather while Curing
Rainfall >10mm & < 25mm
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Milky dough seed very evident
Raked Times
2
Comment
Rain 7 tov10 day post cutting 20mm
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
12-Nov-2025
Curing additive
No
Baling to Storage Time
Up to 1 week
Stem
Stem Length Comment
10 to 15 cm
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
10
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
Yes
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE3 - >50% shades of green, with remainder sun bleached to bright white / golden colour
Colour Comment
Even colour CE3 to CE4
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Leaf Retention comment
Good leaf with soft texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
14/08/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (97078-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.36
Relative Feed Value
99
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.13
Relative Forage Quality
130
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
24.7
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
9.7
% Crude Fat
3.1
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.13
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.87
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.26
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.25
Crude Protein (CP)
9.8
% Available Protein
8.9
Soluble Protein
4
Degradable Protein
7
% ADICP
0.9
% NDICP
2.8
Soluble Protein % of CP
38
Degradable Protein % of CP
72
Est. Lysine
0.34888
Est. Methionine
0.18326
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
56.8
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
36.9
aNDFom
53.4
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
12.9
% TDN
61
% Starch
2.5
% Lignin
4.6
% Moisture
10
% Dry Matter
90
% Ash
8.5
uNDFom 30hr
24.8
uNDFom 120hr
13.6
uNDFom 240hr
11.8
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
43
Potassium (K)
2.56
Calcium (Ca)
0.27
Magnesium (Mg)
0.16
Phosphorus (P)
0.3
Sulfur (S)
0.23
Chloride (Cl)
1.09
Total Fatty Acids
0.89
C18:1 Oleic
0.05
C18:2 Linoleic
0.1
C18:3 Linolenic
0.16
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