Linseed straw

[Clive]

Starting cutting linseed tomorrow. Looks like a decent week forecast so could get it baled if there was demand / viable price

Will start with the chopper on, 500ac to go at PM me if you‘re a buyer

@Derrick Hughes @Clever Dic ?

 

[Bald Rick]

Would have thought burning it was the only market?
Zero absorbancy and probably indigestible

 

[Renaultman]

Starting cutting linseed tomorrow. Looks like a decent week forecast so could get it baled if there was demand / viable price

Will start with the chopper on, 500ac to go at PM me if you‘re a buyer

@Derrick Hughes @Clever Dic ?

It's not supposed to be good on choppers and following discs. General consensus is to bale then burn.

 

[Badshot]

I chop mine.
No extra wheelings to worry about.

 

[RAF]

Chop the lot. No ones goin want faff with it

 

[yellowbelly]

What about the power stations? Will it have a higher calorific value?

To be fair, I've never seen anything other than cereal straw going into Brigg.

 

[nick...]

Chop it @Clive .if you leave it for someone and it turns wet it won’t be good
nick...

 

[Sid]

Pushed up into a heap and burnt many years ago when I worked in Oxfordshire.

Takes some starting but you'd struggle to stop it!

I wouldn't chop it as have seen and heard of horror stories of it wrapping.

 

[britt]

It's good bedding for sheep, they eat a lot of it. It needs to be alternated with cereal straw though otherwise it takes so getting out if it gets to any depth.
It's good for straw burners too if you know anyone local with one.
Some combines chop it ok if the blades are sharp, others don't want to know.
Neighbor burnt his in the row last year, but very smoky compared to heaping it.

 

[Northdowns Martin]

Chopping nicely what I’m harvesting at present. Only area of concern was some that had gone past it’s best and stems had started to ret. lots of fluffy fibres floating about which get sucked into engine air filter.

 

[Andrew]

Power stations don’t take it normally, bungs up the shredders into the firebox, and burns too hot, messes up the emissions.

Most people here chop it if they can, or bale it and use it for beet clamps as takes years to rot.

 

[Daniel]

@Clever Dic was after some back in July

 

[Sid]

Starting cutting linseed tomorrow. Looks like a decent week forecast so could get it baled if there was demand / viable price

Will start with the chopper on, 500ac to go at PM me if you‘re a buyer

@Derrick Hughes @Clever Dic ?

12 hours notice for 500 acres of straw?

Would you want it shifted within the same time frame?

 

[RAF]

I would say yes

 

[Zippy768]

12 hours notice for 500 acres of straw?

Would you want it shifted within the same time frame?

Be fair. He said tomorrow!!
.....24 hours notice!

 

[Sid]

Be fair. He said tomorrow!!
.....24 hours notice!

He probably didn't notice it was 10 past midnight? Or did he stay up late until it was 10 past

 

[Mc115reed]

@RAF isn’t far away from you Clive and he’s short of straw and has his own baler too! Might be worth a message

 

[Clive]

12 hours notice for 500 acres of straw?

Would you want it shifted within the same time frame?

Happy to chop it, was just on the off chance

and I could get it baled and off the field within 24hrs yes, no problem if there was a buyer

 

[Clive]

Have chopped and direct drilled into it for years, it no problem to deal with, juts occurred with straw being so short this year someone might be in need


chopper on, 80ac in already

 

[deleted user 837354]

It would be fine to go in as a first layer for stock, not the most pleasant or absorbent material in the world but some years even regular straw is a bit like that.

Makes good game cover/shelter if placed right. Keep it a year and then torch the bales. Could probably be used to make temporary calf accomodation.