Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS 260.010
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
260.033(2) requires the
department to promulgate administrative regulations to test quality standards
and procedures for grading hay. This administrative regulation establishes
definitions for terms used in the administration of the Kentucky Forage Testing
Program and establishes methods of sampling and testing forage to be applied to
the Kentucky Forage Testing Program.
Section
1. Definitions.
(1) "Acid
detergent fiber" means the portion of hay that is highly
indigestible.
(2) "Available
protein" means an adjustment in crude protein value determined by subtracting
the degree of heat damage from the crude protein level.
(3) "Crude protein" means the portion of hay
that contains true protein and nonprotein nitrogen.
(4) "Department" means the Kentucky
Department of Agriculture.
(5)
"Digestible dry matter" means the estimated percent of hay that is
digestible.
(6) "Dry matter" means
the portion of hay that is not water.
(7) "Dry matter intake" means an estimate of
the maximum amount of hay a lactating cow will eat.
(8) "Forage testing program" means a standard
grading program for evaluating hay quality as established in
KRS
260.033.
(9) "Hay" means grass, alfalfa, clover, or
other forage crops cut and dried for use as livestock feed.
(10) "Kind" means one (1) or more related
species or subspecies that singularly or collectively is known by one (1)
common name, for example, alfalfa, red clover, and timothy.
(11) "Lot" means hay taken from the same
cutting at the same stage of maturity, the same kind, the same field, and
harvested within forty-eight (48) hours.
(12) "Neutral detergent fiber" means the
portion of hay that is only partially digestible and limits intake.
(13) "Relative feed value" means a
combination of digestible dry matter and dry matter intake that is used to
evaluate the feed value of hay under a calculation of multiplying the
percentage of digestible dry matter times the percentage of dry matter intake
and then dividing that number by 1.29.
(14) "Total digestible nutrients" means the
digestible components of fiber, protein, fat, and nitrogen-free extract in the
diet.
Section 2. The
method of sampling hay shall be the following:
(1) Forages shall be sampled in accordance
with the procedures established in the National Forage Testing Association's
Recommended Principles for Proper Hay Sampling.
(2) Compliance with the sampling procedures
established in the National Forage Testing Association's Recommended Principles
for Proper Hay Sampling shall be the sole responsibility of the person
submitting the sample for testing.
Section 3. The testing of forage shall be
performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the National Forage
Testing Association's "Forage Analyses Procedures". The test result shall
include analysis under the categories of "As Received Basis" and "Dry Matter
Basis" of:
(1) Moisture;
(2) Dry matter;
(3) Crude protein;
(4) Heat damaged protein;
(5) Available protein;
(6) Digestible protein;
(7) Acid detergent fiber;
(8) Neutral detergent fiber; and
(9) Relative feed value;
Section 4. Testing Fee. The testing fee shall
be ten (10) dollars per sample. The fee shall accompany Forage Sample Analysis
Request Form and be submitted with the sample.
Section 5. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) The following material is incorporated by
reference:
(a) "Recommended Principles for
Proper Hay Sampling", July 2019;
(b) "Forage Analyses Procedures", July 1993;
and
(c) "Forage Sample Analysis
Request Form", August 2019.
(2) These materials may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Kentucky Department of
Agriculture, Forage Testing Program, 107 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky
40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
260.033
