Plastic-Wrapped Straw Bales
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“I’ve never seen anything like it,” says frequent FARM SHOW contributor Andrew Sewell in England talking about the sight of a harvested wheat field full of several hundred plastic-wrapped straw bales. North Yorkshire farmer Malcolm Metcalfe tried the experiment this summer to see if he could keep straw in better condition. The value of straw has gone up considerably in the area, both for bedding and winter feed. Last year 5-ft. round bales sold for $15 to $19 a bale, in part because of the long wet winter.
Metcalfe, who doesn’t have enough inside storage for all his straw, decided to try wrapping the bales. He wanted to wrap each bale with just two layers of plastic but his bale wrapper would only let him do a minimum of four layers (he wraps silage bales 8 times). Bales are stabbed in the ends with a bale spear to allow them to breathe.
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Plastic-Wrapped Straw Bales BALE HANDLING “I’ve never seen anything like it ” says frequent FARM SHOW contributor Andrew Sewell in England talking about the sight of a harvested wheat field full of several hundred plastic-wrapped straw bales North Yorkshire farmer Malcolm Metcalfe tried the experiment this summer to see if he could keep straw in better condition The value of straw has gone up considerably in the area both for bedding and winter feed Last year 5-ft round bales sold for $15 to $19 a bale in part because of the long wet winter Metcalfe who doesn’t have enough inside storage for all his straw decided to try wrapping the bales He wanted to wrap each bale with just two layers of plastic but his bale wrapper would only let him do a minimum of four layers he wraps silage bales 8 times Bales are stabbed in the ends with a bale spear to allow them to breathe
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