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    Lots of straw this year

    I have been baling 2 row Metcalfe straw the last couple of days right behind the combine. Really good straw (conventional combine) and lots of it.

    #2
    What does straw go for in your area? We
    have been buying in good conventional
    straw with chaff for around $0.025 per
    pound delivered.

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      #3
      Not too many willing to sell straw down here. (I won't either) I doubt if you can find too much delivered for $50/ton.

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        #4
        Whats happening to it Per - is it being chopped for
        nutrient value? I always smile at the "high" price of
        straw here - its @$140/tonne in Scotland just now
        and we paid $85/tonne for it close to 20 years ago.
        Its about 2/lb round here.

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          #5
          Chopped and returned to where it came from.

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            #6
            I have often thought I would like to find
            a neighbour who would put a Jones buncher
            on the back of their combine. I would
            graze the piles in the field, improve
            nutrient cycling, reduce weeds, and drop
            the nutrients in the field. Can't really
            find any takers that are too interested.

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              #7
              How very olde worlde of you Sean!! the neighbours
              were talking a couple of years ago about a spray that
              you could apply to help breakdown the residue. Why
              use your neighbours animals when you can burn
              diesel and use agrochemicals instead?

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                #8
                One of the neighbors bought straw for $20/bale.....already baled (JD 567). He had to haul them.
                I'm baling my own straw.
                There's always been a lot of straw around here. Usually it's there for the taking. People phone around "Do you want any straw"!
                Cousin tells me if you don't bale it up it takes a lot more nitrogen to break it down.

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