#98403
2026 season Vetch Hay
Hay has had 17 mm of rain during curing. Reasonable leaf retention. Overall colour is mainly brown with odd tinges of green. Raked before baling.
Seller Information:
Summary
Visual grade: FS-B
Ad Type
For Sale
Category
Hay & Fodder
Commodity
Hay
Dominant Species
Vetch
Sold By The
tonne
Variety
Morava
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
$/kg C.P. (ex-farm)
1.71
¢/MJ M.E. (ex-farm)
3.8
Protein (%)
21
ME (MJ / kg)
9.45
Moisture (%)
11
Visual Grade
FS-B
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Units
186 tonnes
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Visual
Hay has had 17 mm of rain during curing. Reasonable leaf retention. Overall colour is mainly brown with odd tinges of green. Raked before baling.
Crop
Type / Species
Vetch
Variety
Morava
Irrigated
No
Volume
Quantity
300
Bale / Package Weight
620 kg
Volume in Tonnes
186
Packaging
Broken Strings
<5%
Bale / Package Size
Lge Sq 8x4x3
Wrap Type
6 - string
Material Consistency
<10% variation in material
Organic/GMO
Organic?
No
Storage
Storage Comment
Good shed with gutter and drainage. Sitting on a tarp
Storage Status / Stage
Shedded
Storage Surface
Floor lining - rubber, plastic, etc
Rodent
Mice/Rats
None Observed
Moisture
Moisture Average (%)
14.4
Moisture High (%)
18.6
Moisture Comment
Pretty good from 13-15 with the odd spike around 17/18
Moisture Low (%)
9.6
Number of Tests
50
# Tests >18%
1
Weeds
Weed Amount
Nil - 1%
Weeds Comments
Pretty clean for weeds
Foreign Material
Summarise foreign material in core sample or bale?
Minor dust & straw
Foreign Material Comments
A bit of residual stubble in there
Cutting & Curing
How Long Cured (days)
21
Rainfall damage
Water marking leaf & stems
Weather while Curing
Rainfall >10mm & < 25mm
How Cut
Mower Conditioner
Maturity When Cut
Immature pods evident
Raked Times
2
Comment
17mm of rain half way through curing
Steamed at baling?
No
Harvesting
Harvest Date
07-Oct-2026
Baling to Storage Time
Same day
Stem
80% Stem Length (cm) Approx
9
Stem Thickness
Legume 2-5mm
Was the product chopped?
No
Colour
Colour of Core Samples
LE5 - < 50% green with mottled colours, remainder dark green to black colours
Colour Comment
Mainly tan colours with a green tinge roughly 20% throughout
Leaf
Leaf Retention
Normal Texture, Leaf generally connected
Leaf Retention comment
Rain affected has detached some leaf. However leaf in generally connected
Aroma
Aroma
Normal species hay smell, soil dust smell
Aroma Comment
Pretty normal smell learning towards that rain affected dusty smell
Inspection
Inspector
Accredited Inspector
Inspection Date
21/10/2026
Inspection Manager
Grower Services
Feed Test
NIR - Feed Test (98403-NIRD-2)
Metabolisable Energy (ME)
9.45
Relative Feed Value
138
Horse Digestible Energy (DE)
9.41
Relative Forage Quality
133
Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC)
28
Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC)
0.5
% Crude Fat
1.9
Digestible Energy (DE)
11.22
Net Energy Gain (NEg)
2.58
Net Energy Lactation (NEl)
5.47
Net Energy Maintenance (NEm)
4.93
Crude Protein (CP)
21
% Available Protein
19.1
Soluble Protein
7
Degradable Protein
14
% ADICP
1.9
% NDICP
5.5
Soluble Protein % of CP
33
Degradable Protein % of CP
69
Est. Lysine
1.0668
Est. Methionine
0.3276
Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
42.2
Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
34
aNDFom
40.9
Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC)
2.7
% TDN
58
% Starch
1.4
% Lignin
5.9
% Moisture
11
% Dry Matter
89
% Ash
12.3
uNDFom 30hr
25.1
uNDFom 120hr
23.8
uNDFom 240hr
22.4
NDFD 24hr % of NDF
18
Potassium (K)
3.21
Calcium (Ca)
1.44
Magnesium (Mg)
0.22
Phosphorus (P)
0.35
Sulfur (S)
0.29
Chloride (Cl)
0.73
Total Fatty Acids
1.4
C18:1 Oleic
0.12
C18:2 Linoleic
0.16
C18:3 Linolenic
0.27
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