Stacked wheat straw bales

Rectangular bales of wheat straw stacked in a harvested field, the base material of button mushroom compost.

Media ID: MF-OPEN-WHEAT-STRAW-BALES-STACKED-FIELD-01
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Record checked: 2026-09-24

A tall block of stacked rectangular straw bales in a stubble field under a blue sky.

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What this shows

Wheat straw is the carbon source in button compost. Bales that were rained on before storage start to rot unevenly.

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Source class: EXTERNAL OPEN MEDIA
Owner: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) / Wikimedia Commons
Usage: Public domain; derivative resized and converted to WebP without substantive visual alteration.
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Licence: Public domain