Straw

     Once all the seeds have been removed from the wheat, there's still a lot of material left.

     It's straw! This I'm sure you knew, but what is to become of all this material? Well, some farmers like to bale up their straw.

     Straw is useful as bedding for stock, and as erosion control. You can also make baskets and hats out of it! It's pretty poor feed, but stock will munch a bit of it while they're laying on it. Sometimes it's nice to have something to chew. (It's like diet food.)

     Other farmers will work the straw back into the ground to recoup what few nutrients are left. Some others will burn it and put the ash back into the ground, though this method is becoming less common all the time. Nothing goes to waste, not even time.
     Now it's back to the trucks for me. See you back here tomorrow.