Man walking carrying heavy bundles of rice straw on a bamboo pole in central Java, Surakarta district, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman in pink and orange carrying straw on her head to elephant stable, Amber, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Man walking carrying heavy bundles of rice straw past fertile smallholdings full of vegetables on the slopes central Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man carrying bundles of rice straw balanced on wooden pole along rural road near Rayagada, Orissa, India, Asia

Man loading rice straw onto wooden pole in order to carry it from the field, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Women selling their goods at the colourful Monday market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Elderly lady collecting straw in a field, near Minnanthu village, Bagan, Myanmar, (Burma)

Workers building a grass thatched roof, Uganda

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section of a straw of Wheat showing vascular bundle, cortex and epidermis, magnification x1200

USA, New York State, Field with haystacks

Barn owl (Tyto alba) on a straw bale in a barn, France

Barn owl (Tyto alba) landing on a straw bale in a barn, France

Red fox on hay ball, Vulpes vulpes, Winter, Germany, Europe

Traces of combine harvester after wheat harvest in the fields in summer, Lorraine Regional Nature Park, France