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Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola?

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Stan - Florida

03-29-2005 18:53:08




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I was talking to a guy this afternoon who had seen large sheds full of larger than normal round bales (in Manitoba). He seemed to remember being told that they were being stored for future use in making paper products.

Could this baled broduct be Canola straw? I've seen Canola after it was swathed and ready for combining, and it looked pretty coarse to me. Or could he have been seeing wheat straw in round bales?

We did have a Ball Brothers plant in my hometown in Indiana that processed tons and tons of straw for making corrugated cardbord back in the '40s and '50s.

Any help would be appreciated,

Stan

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R. John Johnson

03-30-2005 07:59:40




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-29-2005 18:53:08  
The round bales are definitely flax. They must sit for several years to partially break down before they can be processed. There are several plants here that process the bales to remove the Tow (fibres) from the shive. The tow is rebaled and shipped to the US for further processing into things like cigarette paper. The shive is sold for cattle feed. I sometimes work part time for as an Engineer for a small consulting firm and we designed a mobile and a stationary plant for one of these companys.

As for canola straw, I believe it is as rare as hens teeth. It shatters and comes out the back of a combine like dust.

John

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Stan - Florida

03-31-2005 05:36:09




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to R. John Johnson, 03-30-2005 07:59:40  

John,

Thanks for the reply. I'll pass this info on to the curious guy, who was born in Winnipeg but hadn't been back there for many years.

Stan



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Bob

03-29-2005 22:56:53




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-29-2005 18:53:08  
It could also be flax straw, awaiting processing into cigarette paper, etc..



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Stan - Florida

03-30-2005 05:14:33




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Bob, 03-29-2005 22:56:53  
Bob,

Thanks for the reply...I'll pass on the info to the curious person I was talking to yesterday.

Stan



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Bob

03-30-2005 06:42:18




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-30-2005 05:14:33  
I'm in north central North Dakota. 2 friends spent a good part of this winter hauling semi loads of large round flax straw bales up to Manitoba.



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Don Wadge

03-29-2005 20:55:49




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-29-2005 18:53:08  
That's most likely at the straw board plant at Elie, Manitoba. It's right on #1 Hwy. about 20 miles west of Winnipeg. It's wheat straw and they make a dense hardboard (particle board) from it. It's used in furniture and shelving. A few years ago when the plant opened they bought a fleet of Cat Challengers and Case IH round balers. I think it was 25 units of each in total.



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Stan - Florida

03-30-2005 05:13:00




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 Re: Round Bales in Manitoba - Canola? in reply to Don Wadge, 03-29-2005 20:55:49  
Don,

Thanks for the reply! We called the Ball Brothers plant in Noblesvile, Indiana the "strawboard" as well. Must be the same sort of process, modernized, I'm sure.

I'm curious...is there any good use for Canola straw? Is it as coarse as it looks from the road as I drove by? Back in the day, some folks used to make "bean hay" from soybeans...not good, I suppose, but it kept the cows' sides from rubbing against each other.

Thanks again,

Stan

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Hayman

03-30-2005 18:04:02




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  Canola straw= bedding in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-30-2005 05:13:00  
Out here in Alberta some farmers round bale for bedding. Claim it works really well and keeps the animals drier long that wheat straw. Behind conventional combine you can get not bad straw. Even behind a rotory if its on the damp side. Heck sometimes when its tough its comes out the back the way it went in the front! And yes some years it turns in to little 1" pieces!!



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Stan - Florida

03-31-2005 05:33:55




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 Re: Canola straw= bedding in reply to Hayman, 03-30-2005 18:04:02  
Thanks for the input. I'm not to familiar with flax, but where I grew up (central Indiana) wheat straw was better bedding than oats straw.

Stan



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