#97191
Fair August made hay in the tropics.
Fair August made Rhodes in the tropics
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: C
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Rhodes Grass
Sold By The
bale
Variety
Callide
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
5.37
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
2.34
Protein (%)
3.5
ME (MJ / kg)
8.04
Moisture (%)
9.6
Visual Grade
C
Bale / Package Size
Rnd 4x4
Units
54 bales
Bale / Package Weight
181 kg
Visual
Fair August made Rhodes in the tropics
Crop
Type / Species
Rhodes Grass
Variety
Callide
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
54
Bale / Package Weight
181 kg
Volume in Tonnes
9.774
Packaging
Bale / Package Size
Rnd 4x4
Wrap Type
Net wrap
Material Consistency
<10% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Great shed storage. Three sided on concrete
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Concrete / Bitumen
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
17.5
Moisture High (%)
28.4
Moisture Comment
Variable range with stem just green at growing point
Moisture Low (%)
12
Number of Tests
94
# Tests >18%
18
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
None
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Nil
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
5
Weather while Curing
Hot dry conditions no rain
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Heads formed, no milky dough seed evident
Raked Times
2
Comment
Hot dry conditions
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
01-Aug-2026
Curing additive
No
Baling to Storage Time
Up to 1 week
Stem
Stem Length Comment
Stemmy grass with good leaf inclusion
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
50
Stem Thickness
3-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
GR5 - Less than 30% green, majority mottled colours, brown-tan-silver green, stained
Colour Comment
Strong bleaching
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal to dry texture
Aroma
Aroma
Normal species hay smell, possible dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
05/08/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (97104-NIRD-2)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
8.04
Relative Feed Value
70
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
7.93
Relative Forage Quality
57
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
18
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
3.9
% Crude Fat
1.9
Digestible Energy (DE)
9.82
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
1.95
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
3.77
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
4.25
Crude Protein (CP)
3.5
% Available Protein
2.9
Soluble Protein
2
Degradable Protein
2
% ADICP
0.6
% NDICP
1.3
Soluble Protein % of CP
47
Degradable Protein % of CP
67
Est. Lysine
0.1218
Est. Methionine
0.0455
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
71.3
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
45.4
aNDFom
67.6
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
6.6
% TDN
55
% Starch
1.8
% Lignin
5.5
% Moisture
9.6
% Dry Matter
90.4
% Ash
6.6
uNDFom 30hr
40.3
uNDFom 120hr
30.6
uNDFom 240hr
27.2
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
28
Potassium (K)
1.14
Calcium (Ca)
0.32
Magnesium (Mg)
0.14
Phosphorus (P)
0.16
Sulfur (S)
0.13
Chloride (Cl)
0.59
Total Fatty Acids
0.56
C18:1 Oleic
0.05
C18:2 Linoleic
0.01
C18:3 Linolenic
0.09
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