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Sign in to savethumb|Bundles of rice straw thumb|Pile of stacked small rectangular straw bales sheltered under a clear tarpaulin thumb|Straw lines and a Combine Harvester|combine harvester Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making.
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Straw is the dry stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, barley, and rice after the grain has been harvested, making up about half the weight of these crops. It has practical uses including animal bedding, livestock feed, fuel, thatching, and basket making.
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- Construction material
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- Basketry
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thumb|Bundles of rice straw thumb|Pile of stacked small rectangular straw bales sheltered under a clear tarpaulin thumb|Straw lines and a Combine Harvester|combine harvester Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making.
Straw is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a bale, or bundle, of straw tightly bound with twine, wire, or string. Straw bales may be square, rectangular, star shaped or round, and can be very large, depending on the type of baler used.