Rolf Nussbaumer / Harvested Common reed {Phragmites australis} Lake of Neusiedl, Austria.

Jouan & Rius / Hay stooks protected by fishing nets, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

Jouan Rius / Traditional farm in the Shetland Isles with hay stooks in a field, Scotland, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Stooks of harvested Giant reed {Arundo donax} Spain

Pete Oxford / Stooks of cut grass beside the Arayani River, Chitwan NP, Nepal - local people are permitted to harvest the grass for 10 daysin the year

David Kjaer / Field of Wheat stooks drying after harvest - used for threshing and straw for thatching, Wiltshire, UK.

David Kjaer / Field of Wheat stooks drying after harvest, used for threshing and straw for thatching, Wiltshire, UK.

David Kjaer / Corn stooks drying in field - Straw to be used for thatching, Lower Perwood farm, Wiltshire, UK.

David Kjaer / Harvesting corn and Corn stooks drying in field. Straw to be used for thatching, Lower Perwood farm, Wiltshire, UK.

WILLIAM OSBORN / View towards Colerne with stooks of wheat grown for thatching straw, Wilts, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / View towards Colerne with stooks of wheat grown for thatching straw, Wilts, UK

David Pike / Harvested rice stooks drying Minakami Japan