Summer harvest of wheat, straw completed
Some farmers bale their straw and stack it while others wrap their straw in plastic and gather it in the field with a forklift. Many motorists stopped and watched as this process was taking place on a field along Plantation Road near Lewes. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
July 11, 2019
Some farmers bale their straw and stack it while others wrap their straw in plastic and gather it in the field with a forklift. Many motorists stopped and watched as this process was taking place on a field along Plantation Road near Lewes. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
A forklift can carry two large bales of straw, which is a byproduct of the wheat harvest. Farmers use a combine to harvest wheat letting the wheat straw fall in rows on the ground, which later baled.
Straw bales are loaded onto a trailer for transport. Wheat straw is used for livestock bedding and by mushroom farmers.
