NSW farmers are making some of the best hay in Australia, including two of Leeton’s own.
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David and Bernadette Irvin of Leeton have won national awards in the 2018 Feed Central Hay Quality competition.
The event is designed to encourage better quality hay, with the Irvins having the nation’s best cereal visual appearance crop.
As a national winner the pair also won their respective state award categories.
The Feed Central National Hay Quality awards cover the 2017-18 season and more than 400 lots were judged across Australia.
Feed central managing director Tim Ford said the overall quality had returned to normal following a low-quality season the previous year.
Mr Ford said the awards were designed to encourage all producers to make the best possible hay and to honour the best in the business.
“The quality of hay has a direct impact on the performance of livestock and it’s always more profitable to eat good quality hay,” he said.
“With dairy cattle in particular, good quality hay will have a dramatic improvement in milk production and beef cattle also respond better.
“Good quality hay makes money for the end user.
“It’s important as an industry that we improve the quality of hay.”
The competition is the only one of its type based on commercial quantities and qualities.
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