Clean small square wheat straw bales sell at six dollars per bale from our South Mills barn floor.
Tight-tied, bright-stem wheat straw small square bales NC growers and landscape contractors rely on for erosion control, seed mulch, horse bedding, and strawberry frost blanketing. Harvested off our own eastern North Carolina acreage, baled dry under fourteen percent moisture, and stored out of the weather inside our timber equipment barn.
Bale Specifications
FOB SOUTH MILLS-
Unit Price
$6.00 USD per bale
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Average Weight
35 – 40 lbs per square bale
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Dimensions
14" × 18" × 36" two-string poly twine
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Moisture Ceiling
< 14% stem test before baling
Straw Quality, Storage Standards & Pickup Logistics
"Are these small square wheat straw bales weathered, moldy on the bottom row, or full of ragweed and rye seeds?"
Every bale comes out of our dedicated straw storage shed at 204 Old Swamp Road. We do not stack straw outside on damp dirt covered with shredding plastic tarps, because rain penetrates tarps within forty-eight hours and rots the bottom tiers into useless black compost.
Our wheat fields are grown for grain harvest first, which means herbicide weed control was completed during the spring tiller stage. You get clean, bright golden hollow wheat stems, not ditch grass, wild mustard, or heavy seed heads. Moisture content is probed at multiple points across the windrow prior to running the baler: if stem moisture sits above fourteen percent, baling shuts down until the coastal afternoon sun brings it back into safe threshold.
"How fast can we load a gooseneck flatbed trailer or farm truck, and what equipment do you use to stage the load?"
We load trailers directly at the yard staging bay adjacent to 204 Old Swamp Road in South Mills. For flatbed trailers and goosenecks, our farm crew stages square bales either stacked loose for maximum trailer volume or pre-bundled on farm skids. A standard twenty-foot landscape trailer takes approximately one hundred forty to one hundred sixty bales; a thirty-two-foot gooseneck takes three hundred to three hundred sixty bales depending on your tie-down system.
Our farm utility tractor with front bale grapple or our field loading crew handles staging. If you bring your own flatbed or pickup, our crew will help stack and square your rows so your straps seat firmly before you hit US-17 or Old Swamp Road. Turnaround time for a three-hundred-bale trailer is generally under thirty-five minutes once backed into the loading bay.
"Can we get regular scheduled deliveries throughout the fall and spring seasons, or is this barn pickup only?"
The $6.00 per bale rate is strictly FOB our barn floor at 204 Old Swamp Road, South Mills. For full-trailer delivery runs across Camden, Currituck, and Pasquotank counties, we quote custom freight based on road mileage, field drop conditions, and whether our crew or your farm staff unloads.
For strawberry operations needing row cover before sudden coastal freezes, we reserve dedicated bale blocks. Stable operations taking thirty to fifty bales every two weeks can schedule an ongoing pickup window so their trailer is loaded immediately on arrival without waiting for equipment to come in from the back acreage.
| Order Tier | Bale Volume | Price Basis | Staging / Pickup Mode |
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| Barn Minimum | 25 – 99 bales | $6.00 / bale | Drive-up barn door loading, open truck or trailer |
| Trailer Load | 100 – 350 bales | $6.00 / bale | Scheduled bay loading, crew assist with tie-down squaring |
| Semi / Multi-Trailer | 400+ bales | $6.00 / bale + freight | Farm delivery or staged tractor load by appointment |
"What will K & A Farms refuse to do when it comes to straw bale sales?"
We do not sell weather-damaged or damp straw at a cut rate. If a sudden rain shower catches a windrow before the baler passes, that field run is diverted to our own field cover or soil conditioning; it never gets stacked into our barn inventory. We refuse to sell loose, single-string, or broken bales. Every bale leaving 204 Old Swamp Road is tied tight with commercial double poly twine.
We do not offer retail single-bale walk-ins for hobby gardeners or seasonal home decor. Our loading equipment and field crew are structured for commercial farm operations, wholesale growers, landscapers, and civil erosion contractors who need twenty-five or more bales loaded without delay.