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General Information About Straw
Grain is grown all over the world. It is also widely cultivated in Flanders. Examples of grain varieties include wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn. During the harvest month (typically August), many Flemish fields turn straw yellow due to the ripened grain. After the actual grain has been harvested, the stalks—the straw —are left behind in the fields.
Straw is usually compressed into straw bales and/or straw rolls. These are sometimes stacked and decorated to represent something or someone.
The straw bales or rolls are kept dry in what is known as a hayloft.
Did you know that straw bales can be extremely heavy? Here is an overview: Small bale: 15–25 kg, Large rectangular bale: 300–700 kg, and Round straw roll: 200–500 kg. When they get wet from rain, they can become twice as heavy! Farmers avoid this by stacking them directly (only the outer ones get wet), wrapping them in foil, and/or placing them in a barn as quickly as possible. Every year, people are seriously injured or even killed by the weight of straw bales or rolls: they can get trapped between them or even completely crushed underneath them. So, caution is the order of the day!
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