Gridley Ethanol Demonstration Project utilizing gasification technology: feedstock supply plan: March 15, 2004

Original publisher: Golden, Colo. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2004] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)56513252 Subject: Biomass gasification. Excerpt: ... Swather The following Figure 4-3 shows a self-propelled rotary swather cutting stripper header harvested rice straw. After rice harvest, the swather can also cut the remaining stubble by a conventional header harvester to maximize the volume of straw per acre collected. Swathing rice straw is expensive, approximately $ 10 per acre or $ 5 / BDT for stripper header straw. Figure 4-3. Rotary swather cutting stripper header rice straw. Figure 4-4. Raking rice straw in preparation for baling. 11