Specifications

Packing styles

Our packing styles:

Hay products in 50kg regular bales or 25kg half-cut bales
All products are unitised and shrink wrapping is optional

Bale dimensions & loading configurations

Bale dimensions

Regular bales (50kg): H 46cm, L 60cm, W 44cm
Half cuts (25kg): H23cm, L 60cm, W 44cm

Approximate container weight

Japan: 26Mt
China: 26Mt
Taiwan: 26Mt
Korea: 24Mt

Loading configurations differ slightly for product shipped to Korea to meet maximum weight restrictions of 24Mt.

Regular bales

540 bales in container
Bottom pack = 18 bales (3 x 3 x 2)
Top pack = 12 bales (2 x 3 x 2)
Container face = 2 bottom packs and 2 top packs = 60 bales
9 rows of 60 bales = 540 bales

Half-cut bales

1080 bales in container
Bottom pack = 36 bales (6 x 3 x 2)
Top pack = 24 bales (4 x 3 x 2)
Container face = 2 bottom packs and 2 top packs = 120 Bales
9 Rows of 120 bales = 1080 bales

Product grading & safety specifications

Pentarch Farms
GRADING SYSTEM

Typical Analysis

Grade	AAA	AA	A	No2	No3
Water Soluble Carbohydrates %	Min 28%	Min 24%	Min 22%	Min 18%	Min 15%
Digestibility (DDM) %	Min 62%	Min 60%	Min 58%	Min 56%	Min 54%
Acid Detergent Fibre% (ADF)	Max 28%	Max 32%	Max 33%	Max 36%	Max 38%
Neutral Detergent Fibre% (NDF)	Max 52%	Max 55%	Max 58%	Max 60%	Max 64%
Smell	Dry / Sweet	Dry / Sweet	Fresh	Fresh	Pleasant
Rain	Nil	Nil	No visual damage	Slight damage	Damage
Other Characteristics and Stem Size	Green colour Thin stem <8mm	Green colour Thin stem <12mm	Green colour Thicker stem	Not green colour Thicker stem	Not green colour Thicker stem

Pentarch Farms has developed a concise, reliable hay grading system that has delivered consistency and has enhanced its reputation as the quality supplier of Australian oaten hay.

Through a chain-of-custody system, Pentarch Farms works closely with its suppliers throughout the growing, cutting, baling and storing processes to ensure that quality parameters are met.

Chemical applications are closely monitored with our growers for compliance with best practice. Pentarch Farms ensures that all aspects of the government’s ARGT legislation are rigorously adhered to. This, of course, is audited regularly by the government authority.

Chemical residues

As part of Pentarch Farms’s commitment to providing a safe product for our customers, we are fully compliant with the protocols in place relating to chemical residues.

This involves gathering information from the grower of the chemicals applied to the crop during the growing season.

This information is recorded into a database called Foddersafe, which is incorporated in the Australian Fodder Industry Association’s website. This database is the only database recognised by our customers.

If chemicals are applied outside the withholding period or the chemical manufacturer’s specifications, an alert will advise and hay from that paddock will be rejected for export.

Where we do it

Our Offices

Our Sites

Southbank, VIC

Kings Garden Estate
Level 1
99 Coventry Street
Southbank VIC 3008 Australia
Ph: +61 3 9621 7900

Fremantle, WA

Fremantle Office
4-6 Short Street
Fremantle WA 6160 Australia
PO Box 1315
Ph: +61 8 9336 9700

Narrogin, WA

Narrogin Hay
200 Wanerie Road,
Narrogin WA 6312 Australia
PO Box 1141
Ph: +61 8 9881 5566
Fax: +61 8 9881 5544

Ultima, VIC

Mallee Hay
Ultima North Road,
Ultima VIC 3544 Australia
Ph: +61 3 5039 6155

Tocumwal

Wilsons Stockfeeds
Stretton Tocumwal-Barooga Rd
Tocumwal NSW 2714 Australia
Ph: +61 3 5874 3212