No surprises for Kerang contractor

"It wasn’t surprising," he said.

"You don’t normally see canola hay at that quality, we struck lucky.

"Grant made the decision to cut it early, which you have to with canola.

"There was no leaf loss prior to baling and the weather was on our side.

"You can’t do that sort of hay without weather."

Mr Radcliffe said hay was better for livestock when made in a drought year.

"You get better quality hay in drought conditions," he said.

"A drought-affected feed crop has a better feed test than a bulky rank crop."