Testing And Timing Hay Before Baling
When harvesting hay, the next step is to bale it into sellable round or square-shaped bales. You can’t just bale whenever you want though, at least, not if you want…
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How we can help – Floods 2022
G’day, Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those effected by the recent flooding events. It’s heartbreaking to watch and we want to do whatever we can. If you…
Concerned about your sorghum?
Nitrate and Prussic Acid occur naturally in plants, however, if plants are damaged or stressed, Nitrate and Prussic Acid can rise, causing toxicity in ruminant animals once eaten. Causes of…
How Long Does A Round Hay Bale Last?
Importing hay is all about logistics. From the moment you harvest the hay to baling it and shipping it out to customers, you have to think about precisely how long…
Do Hay Bales Attract Mice?
Besides the risks of hay becoming mouldy or possibly spontaneously combusting, you also have to concern yourself with pests. You don’t want creepy-crawly critters such as mice ruining your hay…
Why Are Hay Bales Wrapped In Different Colours?
Bales wrapped in plastic are commonly referred to as Silage Bales. These Silage bales are often wrapped in colourful plastic. We are often asked if these different colours of wrap…
Let’s Talk About Straw
Straw has many uses, including roughage in feedlot diets, maintenance of dry cows, or as a drought supplement, garden mulch, mushroom production or animal bedding. It has limited nutritional value;…
What Is A CVD (Commodity Vendor Declaration) And How Does It Trace My Hay?
When deciding to graze a crop, or cut for Hay or Straw, chemical withholding periods need to be consideredand strictly adhered to. Remember that ALL chemicals applied to the crop…
How To Interpret Your Feed Test – What The Parameters Really Mean?
This article is not intended to be a comprehensive explanation of interpreting your feed test results but aims to provide a ‘snapshot’ of key parameters you should be looking at…
Total Fatty Acid Results, Why Are They Important?
What Are Fatty Acid Results? Total Fatty Acids (TFA) give a more defined and accurate measurement of fat content in feed and indicate the energy content of a feed source.…