#98016
2026 vetch crop
Vetch hay in 8x4x3 bales. Cut with mower conditioner at full flower early pod set. Cured in good warm conditions from a dry finish. Cured in 11 days with one raking. Well baled with average moisture if 14%. Treated with Silac extra as standard practice. Has good colour. Small amount of residual straw. Stored in a well maintained shed with good access.
Summary
Visual grade: FS-A
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Vetch
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Timok
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.9
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
4.91
Protein (%)
16.2
ME (MJ / kg)
9.57
Moisture (%)
10.7
Visual Grade
FS-A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
705.84 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
680 kg
Documents
Visual
Vetch hay in 8x4x3 bales. Cut with mower conditioner at full flower early pod set. Cured in good warm conditions from a dry finish. Cured in 11 days with one raking. Well baled with average moisture if 14%. Treated with Silac extra as standard practice. Has good colour. Small amount of residual straw. Stored in a well maintained shed with good access.
Crop
Type / Species
Vetch
Variety
Timok
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
1038
Bale / Package Weight
680 kg
Volume in Tonnes
705.84
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
Good well maintained shed with good access and loading area
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Gravel
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
14
Moisture High (%)
17.8
Moisture Low (%)
11
Number of Tests
50
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Nil
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Soil dust <5mm sticks, residual stubble & twigs
Foreign Material Comments
Minor wheat straw
Cutting & Curing
How Long Cured (days)
11
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
No pods evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
Ideal curing period
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
29-Sep-2026
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
12
Stem Thickness
Legume 2-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LE3 - >50% green with dew/sun bleached yellow-green, brown-tan-silver green
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal Texture, Leaf generally connected
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
06/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98016-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.57
Relative Feed Value
186
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
10.56
Relative Forage Quality
212
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
38.6
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
10.2
% Crude Fat
2.5
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.34
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.97
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.89
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.35
Crude Protein (CP)
16.2
% Available Protein
15
Soluble Protein
7
Degradable Protein
13
% ADICP
1.2
% NDICP
3.9
Soluble Protein % of CP
43
Degradable Protein % of CP
77
Est. Lysine
0.82296
Est. Methionine
0.25272
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
33.8
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
27.3
aNDFom
33.4
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
12.5
% TDN
60
% Starch
2.3
% Lignin
6.9
% Moisture
10.7
% Dry Matter
89.4
% Ash
12.8
uNDFom 30hr
17.1
uNDFom 120hr
15.7
uNDFom 240hr
15
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
35
Potassium (K)
3.21
Calcium (Ca)
1.14
Magnesium (Mg)
0.3
Phosphorus (P)
0.27
Sulfur (S)
0.16
Chloride (Cl)
0.43
Total Fatty Acids
1.44
C18:1 Oleic
0.1
C18:2 Linoleic
0.21
C18:3 Linolenic
0.35
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