With feed prices rising, dairies are looking for new feed options such as rice straw. The problem is rice straw can jam equipment and be hard to mix into other ration components. The key is to cut the straw to the right length at the cutter/baler stage.

The burning of rice straw as agricultural waste is under increasing scrutiny, but growers have to get rid of the stuff somehow. Here are a number of alternative uses for rice straw that can transform it from a liability to an income-producing asset.