On Apr 20, 4:48*pm, "Colbyt" wrote:
I bought 2 bales of straw at Lowes for a seeding project. *Surprise the bale
was bound with baling wire and not string. *I am 60 years old and never seen
baling wire used and I worked on the farms a lot as a youngster.

What type of modern combine uses wire? *Is it a regional thing?

Combines do not make bales.

Commercial operations use wire-tie balers because the wire does not
rot when the bales sit stacked on concrete. Mice and rats do not chew
the wire.