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As the world changes, before the peasants did not collect the straw because they did not pay anything for it. They left it in the field to later carve it and till it to bury it.
This year, in the dry Urgell, it was not worth mowing, but everyone followed each other. Why do they do it? Well, the song already says it, mow level because the straw is expensive. Okay, okay, the song refers to other things. But to deal with this issue in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia, it looks good.
The most modern machines already shred the straw, therefore, this year they are the least requested. Because the straw costs more to collect.
Well, all this is what someone who is not a peasant at all explains to them. Those of us of a certain age remember those small bales of straw (80 x 40 x 40 cm), which weigh approximately 18 kg.
Giant rectangular bales (90 x 100 x 210 cm) weigh approximately 200 kg. And the round bales we all see lately: Barley (245 kg); wheat (300 kg); vetch-oats (350kg); alfalfa (400 kg).
Well, to those of you who have read this far, I recommend that you sit down. If you sell the straw, have the buyers come to pack and collect it, its price per ton is 95 euros. If you dam it and collect it yourself, the price per ton ranges from 100 to 120 euros.
This year, when there is no grain and the stem does not rise a foot above the ground, the business is in the straw at 100 euros per ton.
