Corn stalk bedding is far superior to straw in my view only corn stalk bedding doesn't look as good as bright straw, if that bothers you. I used to bed exclusively with corn stalk bedding because of it's absorbancy. When I would pitch straw manure there almost always was water on the cement floor under it. Cornstalk bedding absorbed the water so the floor didn't have water on it unless I was lazy and didn't pitch it out for a few days. For bedding little pigs I would pitch the straw bales into an old Gehl silage chopper to make a softer bed for the pigs. Drawback was it was dusty and itchy.
Nutrient wise, if you're putting manure back out there you won't have any nutrient loss. If you are raising corn-on-corn, the trash removal will benefit you by giving you blacker, warmer soil next spring. Some guys around here drop the chopper off the back of the combine and only bale the two rows directly behind the combine. This gives you all the cobs for more absorbancy but some guys say the cobs are hard on the knives in a small square baler. Jim
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