Does anyone know where the most walker straw or stripper straw is grown? i like this best for horse bedding but it is getting harder to find. If anyone knows a grower who wants to sell directly to a user, let me know.

walker/stripper straw
#1
Posted 19 December 2019 - 01:34 PM
#2
Posted 19 December 2019 - 01:57 PM
'Walker straw' isn't a variety of straw, it's just straw that is combined with a walker style combine as opposed to a rotary or hybrid style combine. The walker system doesn't cut/break up the stalk like a rotary style combine. This results in the longer stems that are often preferred in bedding straw. Often referred to as 'walker straw' or 'long straw'.
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Posted 19 December 2019 - 05:00 PM
'Walker straw' isn't a variety of straw, it's just straw that is combined with a walker style combine as opposed to a rotary or hybrid style combine. The walker system doesn't cut/break up the stalk like a rotary style combine. This results in the longer stems that are often preferred in bedding straw. Often referred to as 'walker straw' or 'long straw'.
Yeah, and the poster wants to know where to buy it!
#4
Posted 19 December 2019 - 06:42 PM
My grandpa always says how the straw from our walker machine is so much nicer, but the new machines with a 30+ ft head will sure knock the wheat down fast. Oh well grandpa likes to combine and I only dabble with 6k bales so speed isn’t top priority (at least that’s what I tell myself).
Good luck
#5
Posted 19 December 2019 - 08:35 PM
Have a neighbor that farms alot and uses a stripper head on all their acres of small grains. Then they swath it and bale it. Makes some really nice straw.
I do prefer straw from a walker combine but I've bales quite a little behind rotary combines. It does seem to matter when it was combined, better if it was late at night with it getting a little humid versus during the hot dry part of the day.
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Posted 21 December 2019 - 10:51 PM
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#7
Posted 09 February 2020 - 12:06 PM
Sent you a message. Thanks
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Posted 09 July 2020 - 11:27 PM
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