WESTERN PRODUCER — Grain producers are again being encouraged to drop their straw at harvest so it can be baled and used by others for feed and bedding.
For the second straight year, the South Saskatchewan River Irrigation District No. 1 (SSRID) in Outlook, Sask., is co-ordinating a drop straw campaign for livestock producers who may face feed shortages this winter.
Rather than spreading it as chaff, irrigators are encouraged to sell their straw this fall.
“It’s community-minded farmers helping farmers,” said Matthew Lawless, a director at SSRID.