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An excellent stack of barley hay prepared in ideal conditions without rain and well stored in a new shed. The whole operation only took 8 days so colour, leaf retention etc is all very good. Moisture content is very even averaging 10.3%

Wheaten hay cured over 14 days in windy conditions with 5 millimetres of rain. Good colour and leafy, well shedded, moisture content averaging 10.9%

Oates Hay baled on the 2nd of November. Large square bales, 6 string. Nice even shaped bales. Stacked in paddock. Ideal curing conditions, no significant rain events during the curing period. A little bit of barley and brome visible in the odd bale end. Good colour and texture. Fresh hay aroma.

Neo barley hay cut before milky dough stage and stored in a good secure shed on plastic with all weather access including road trains Bales around 670kg. About 25-30mm of rain on windrow took the colour out but still showing a lot of green. Normal to soft handling texture with a nice aroma. Bale Shield inoculant was used. Light spray with Cameras of Glyphosate was sprayed on the windrow to prevent regrowth.

2025/26 Barley Header Tailings in tight and neat 6 and 8 string bales. Soft handling with no black spotting with the odd yellow stem. Normal aroma not dusty. On plastic in good secure shed. Average moisture reading 12.9%.

Heavy bales of ryegrass and oats. Baled on 30th October stacked six high in paddock- no covers. This hay appears to have avoided any black spotting and has retained some green colour. 13.9 % average moisture, with a high of 22% Hayguard was applied at baling It has a good aroma.

Scepter Wheaton hay shedded straight after baling into good secure shed with all weather access. Heavy 8 string bales. Dodged a lot of the seasons wet curing weather but still endured 20 mm rain which has caused some black spotting. Sun has bleached most of the green colour. Has a dry texture but has a fair aroma. Milky dough seed very evident. Silac was used.

Scepter Wheaton hay in heavy 8 string bales raked once and stored in good secure shed on plastic with good all weather access on the same day. Soft to medium texture and a fair aroma. Suffered significant rain on windrow during curing which has caused some black spotting and sun bleaching during a long curing period.

Tomahawk Wheaton hay cut before milky dough stage and stored in a good secure shed on plastic with all weather access including road trains About 15 mm of rain on windrow took the colour out but still showing a lot of green. Normal to dry texture with a good aroma. Bale Shield inoculant was used. Average moisture 10.9%

Heavy bales of oats with at least 50% brome grass. Mostly the brome was cut before seed was developed but there is some more mature stems. Has avoided black spotting and retained a little color. Average moisture is 14.9 %. Hayguard was applied at baling. Percentage of brome and oats mix varies across the lot.

Mulgara oaten hay stored in a good shed on plastic with good all weather access. 12.2 average moisture with a dry texture. A number of light rain events on windrow has taken out some of the colour but has a nice aroma. Silac was used and the hay was chopped at baling

Scepter wheat stored in a good shed on plastic with all weather access. A dry texture. Sun bleached with a little black spot caused by a number of light rain events during a difficult curing. However, there are still some green stems Silac was used at baling