Manufacturing Seeding Straw Tractor 
Sustainable Food Trust
APRIL 10, 2024
Plastics are used across the gamut of farming, from the ubiquitous silage wrap, usually black but now increasingly in an array of colours, to plastic mulches, agricultural film plastic, seed bags and onwards. Farmers once used straw or other organic matter instead of plastic mulch. What happens to farm plastics?
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. Plastics are tightly woven into the fabric of modern agriculture. It’s definitely a big team, but every member is so critical,” Mejia-Muñoz says.
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