Farmers and ranchers know the difference between hay and straw, but the average homeowner often confuses the two. Both are available in homeowner-sized bales, typically rectangular in shape, and both ...

For about $5 to $10 you can pick up a bale of straw at your local hardware store or nursery. That means you can have a lot of fun without threshing your wallet. Once your bale has served its purpose, ...

THANJAVUR: With samba paddy harvesting almost complete in the district, it’s a rush for traders – mostly from other districts – to procure available paddy straw (hay), a byproduct, from farmers, which ...