Pentarch Farms Technical Specifications

Agricultural Products

Technical Specifications

Typical Analysis
	Western Australia Grading Standards
Grade	AAA	AA	A	No2	No3
Water Soluble Carbohydrates %	Min 26%	Min 22%	Min 20%	Min 18%	Min 15%
Digestibility (DDM) %	Min 65%	Min 60%	Min 58%	Min 56%	Min 54%
Acid Detergent Fibre % (ADF)	Max 30%	Max 32%	Max 33%	Max 36%	Max 38%
Neutral Detergent Fibre % (NDF)	Max 54%	Max 57%	Max 58%	Max 58%	Max 62%
Smell	Dry/Sweet	Dry/Sweet	Fresh	Fresh	Pleasant
Rain Damage	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

Typical Analysis
	Eastern Australia Grading System (EC)
Grade	EC Super Premium	EC Premium	EC Standard	EC Beef Grade
Water Soluble Carbohydrates %	Min 24%	Min 22%	Min 20%	Min 15%
Digestibility (DDM) %	Min 63%	Min 60%	Min 58%	Min 54%
Acid Detergent Fibre % (ADF)	Max 30%	Max 32%	Max 33%	Max 38%
Neutral Detergent Fibre % (NDF)	Max 55%	Max 57%	Max 58%	Max 64%
Smell	Dry/Sweet	Dry/Sweet	Fresh	Pleasant
Rain Damage	Nil	Nil	No visual 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