Two poor weather years and a move away from traditional long-stemmed winter wheat have been blamed for a shortage of thatching straw. The National Thatching Straw Growers Association (NTSGA) says there is a national shortage of good quality straw – whether combed or long straw. Thatching straw is a lot longer than straw from modern […]
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