Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn View Post
looks like wheat straw - often shipped to feedlots to be the roughage the bovines need to consume - mixed into a feed with protein, minerals, etc.

They do the same with grass straw, but the field would be more green. If it were oat straw, it would be a lighter brown - kind of like a sun faded kahki.

They take those 4x4x8 bales and put them in a big hydraulic press to squeeze them down even more before they are re tied and put into shipping containers when going overseas. That would an interesting video to watch...
There are some wheat farmers a couple counties over from me, most of their fodder after harvest gets ground right in the fields then hauled in bulk transport grain trailers to the feed mill very seldom do they bale it.