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Straw bale construction Straw bale constructionAn annually renewable agricultural waste product made of wheat, oats, barley, rye, or rice, used to build thick, super-insulated, stucco-covered walls. Straw bales are traditionally a waste product that farmers do not till under the soil, but do sell as animal bedding or landscape supply. Straw is the dry plant material or stalk left in the field after a plant has matured, been harvested for seed, and is no longer alive. Bales can be taken directly from a baling machine or recompressed for higher density. In contrast, hay bales are made from short species of livestock feed grass that are green/alive and not suitable for this application. Bales are placed over a “stem wall” to protect the straw from the ground soil, and the straw bales are stuccoed and plastered over for finishing. |