Baling wheat straw has become a more common practice in the past few years, but removing straw exports nutrients out of the field. "Knowing how much nutrient is contained in straw is important," said ...

Baling wheat straw has become a more common practice in the past few years for many reasons, said Fabian Fernandez, University of Illinois Extension specialist in soil fertility and plant nutrition.

LIVE OAK – The hum of a tractor’s motor fills the forest as a worker heaves an armful of pine needles into a rusted red baler. He flips a metal lever over the tawny leaves and pushes down sharply, ...

Thousands of acres of wheat have been baled for feed in drought stricken areas of North Dakota. Many farmers are abandoning small grains because the quality of the crops are not worth harvesting.

There has been small amounts of canola straw baled too. APW wheat in Victoria was tracking at $362 a tonne and Bar1 barley $330 a tonne and farmers say prices were historically soft. Australian Fodder ...

University of Idaho Extension educator Grant Loomis has noticed an increasing number of Blaine County farmers have been letting their straw rot in the field after grain harvest rather than baling and ...

MADISON, WI, June 1, 2009 -- There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output ...

The utilisation of straw bales in construction has attracted growing interest as a sustainable alternative to conventional building materials. Straw bale construction integrates agricultural ...