Posted by GeneMO on April 25, 2008 at 07:12:25 from (76.0.23.20):
In Reply to: Rye Hay posted by Devin Sparks on April 25, 2008 at 04:07:38:
We do wheat straw here in MO.
Straw here is what is left after the grain is harvested. I would think you would get the most and best straw if you let it get completely mature, harvest the grain, then bale the straw.
Generally we take the straw chopper or spreader off the combine, then run the pickup on the baler as high as it will go and just bale the straw that went through the combine. If you want the most straw, you can run a sickle bar mower, over the field. Usually the windrow of straw that went through the combine will be held up by the stubble, and the sickle bar mower will just scoot underneath the windrow. Then with a side delivery rake, you rake it all up. You get a lot more straw this way, but it does require a lot more time and equipment.
If you have a way to get it combined, the cash from the grain sounds pretty good. The straw is just a by product.
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