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Those are usually straw bales from what I've seen.

• reaperducer 5y ago
  As a non-farmer, I honestly don't know the difference between hay and straw.
  • dec0dedab0de 5y ago
    Also not a farmer, but hay has seeds. I think straw is technically any dead plant stems. You can cover your new grass seed with straw to protect it from birds. If you try that with hay you'll plant hay.
    • BenjiWiebe 5y ago
      Son of a farmer, living in a farmer community. Alfalfa hay doesn't have seeds unless you harvested it waaay too late, and then it's probably worthless. I've only ever heard of straw referring to wheat straw - the wheat stems (and grainless heads) left in the field after harvesting. Hay, on the other hand, is the whole plant (well, not the roots) of alfalfa (a legume), or brome (a grass) or prairie hay (mix of native grasses). This may be slightly different in other areas, but the above is how it is in Kansas.
  • jccooper 5y ago
    Hay is for eating (it's stored grass), straw is for other uses.