#98090
Good quality, good colour, little weeds in product
Vetch hay in 8x4x3 bales. Cut at full flower with small number of pods evident. Can red in good conditions in 11 days with one raking. Stacked 6 high in paddock. Has good colour and leaf content. Small amount of volunteer wheat from previous season. Minor amount of residual straw in bales. No dust. Average bale moisture 13.6%
Seller Information:
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
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
2.75
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
4.99
Protein (%)
17.4
ME (MJ / kg)
9.6
Moisture (%)
11.2
Visual Grade
FS-A
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
550 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
550 kg
Documents
Visual
Vetch hay in 8x4x3 bales. Cut at full flower with small number of pods evident. Can red in good conditions in 11 days with one raking. Stacked 6 high in paddock. Has good colour and leaf content. Small amount of volunteer wheat from previous season. Minor amount of residual straw in bales. No dust. Average bale moisture 13.6%
Crop
Type / Species
Vetch
Variety
Timok
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
1000
Bale / Package Weight
550 kg
Volume in Tonnes
550
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
Stacked on side of dirt track
Storage Status / Stage
Paddock Stacked (No Covers)
Storage Surface
Earth / paddock surface
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
13.6
Moisture High (%)
16
Moisture Comment
Tight moisture range
Moisture Low (%)
11
Number of Tests
50
# Tests >18%
0
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Volunteer wheat
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Minor dust & straw
Cutting & Curing
Rainfall damage
Clean leaf & stems
How Long Cured (days)
11
Weather while Curing
Ideal curing conditions, light dews
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
No pods evident
Raked Times
1
Comment
Good curing conditions
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
04-Oct-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
LE2 - Majority fresh soft green <20% dew or sun bleach
Colour Comment
Good fresh colour
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal Texture, Leaf generally connected
Aroma
Aroma
Normal to sweet hay smell, no dust
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
07/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98090-NIRD-1)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.6
Relative Feed Value
145
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.89
Relative Forage Quality
190
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
30.5
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
8.2
% Crude Fat
2.6
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.37
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.85
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.67
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
5.23
Crude Protein (CP)
17.4
% Available Protein
16.2
Soluble Protein
9
Degradable Protein
14
% ADICP
1.2
% NDICP
4.1
Soluble Protein % of CP
50
Degradable Protein % of CP
78
Est. Lysine
0.88392
Est. Methionine
0.27144
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
42.1
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
29.8
aNDFom
38.4
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
10.4
% TDN
60
% Starch
1.1
% Lignin
6.1
% Moisture
11.2
% Dry Matter
88.8
% Ash
11.4
uNDFom 30hr
19.6
uNDFom 120hr
18.2
uNDFom 240hr
17.3
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
46
Potassium (K)
3.27
Calcium (Ca)
0.96
Magnesium (Mg)
0.3
Phosphorus (P)
0.31
Sulfur (S)
0.16
Chloride (Cl)
0.63
Total Fatty Acids
1.4
C18:1 Oleic
0.08
C18:2 Linoleic
0.2
C18:3 Linolenic
0.36
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