#98103
new season
2025 season Winteroo oaten with Ave moisture of 15.1%. Silac was used and it was lightly chopped. Largely avoided black spotting but a wet curing period has bleached the hay. 8 string bales have been securely stored in a good shed on plastic. All weather access. Normal to soft handling. Significant ryegrass which varies between bales.
Summary
Visual grade: FS-B
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Oaten
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Wintaroo
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.81
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
2.74
Protein (%)
8.6
ME (MJ / kg)
8.84
Moisture (%)
9.1
Visual Grade
FS-B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
480 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
600 kg
Documents
Visual
2025 season Winteroo oaten with Ave moisture of 15.1%. Silac was used and it was lightly chopped. Largely avoided black spotting but a wet curing period has bleached the hay. 8 string bales have been securely stored in a good shed on plastic. All weather access. Normal to soft handling. Significant ryegrass which varies between bales.
Crop
Type / Species
Oaten
Variety
Wintaroo
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
800
Bale / Package Weight
600 kg
Volume in Tonnes
480
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
8 - String
Material Consistency
<20% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Excellent storage
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
15.1
Moisture High (%)
24
Moisture Comment
Nearly all readings were close to the average of 15.1
Moisture Low (%)
10.3
Number of Tests
31
# Tests >18%
3
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Some ryegrass
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
25
Weather while Curing
Rainfall >10mm & < 25mm
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Full Flower, possible milky dough seed
Raked Times
1
Comment
Wet curing weather
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
17-Oct-2025
Baling to Storage Time
Up to 1 week
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Lightly chopped
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
10
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
Yes
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
CE5 - >50% sun bleached & mottled colours, stained green leaf
Colour Comment
Sun bleaching and a little water staining but has avoided black spotting
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to soft texture
Leaf Retention comment
Some residual cereal stubble
Aroma
Aroma
Normal species hay smell, possible dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
27/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98103-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
8.84
Relative Feed Value
86
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
8.67
Relative Forage Quality
106
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
21.1
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
7.1
% Crude Fat
2.7
Digestible Energy (DE)
10.62
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.47
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
4.74
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
4.81
Crude Protein (CP)
8.6
% Available Protein
7.7
Soluble Protein
4
Degradable Protein
6
% ADICP
0.9
% NDICP
2
Soluble Protein % of CP
41
Degradable Protein % of CP
67
Est. Lysine
0.30616
Est. Methionine
0.16082
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
62.1
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
40.7
aNDFom
58.4
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
8
% TDN
58
% Starch
2.1
% Lignin
5.3
% Moisture
9.1
% Dry Matter
90.9
% Ash
7.6
uNDFom 30hr
31
uNDFom 120hr
18.9
uNDFom 240hr
16.5
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
39
Potassium (K)
2.35
Calcium (Ca)
0.34
Magnesium (Mg)
0.19
Phosphorus (P)
0.3
Sulfur (S)
0.27
Chloride (Cl)
1.66
Total Fatty Acids
1
C18:1 Oleic
0.1
C18:2 Linoleic
0.13
C18:3 Linolenic
0.15
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