Giant straw bale stacks

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Giant straw bale stacks

Image: © Colin Bell Taken: 5 Apr 2008

I'd be interested to know why there's a need for so much straw in an area which has very little if any livestock, and why there's so much in April, when you would expect stocks to be pretty low after the winter. (And the wet summer of 2007 would hardly have caused a bumper year for the straw)

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Image Location

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52.55976
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0.24659