# Windrow

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{{Short description|Row of cut hay}}
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thumb|Windrows of straw, along with stubble.
[[Image:Kuilvoerwinning (grass silage).jpg|thumb|right|Grass for [silage](/source/silage) in a windrow awaiting collection.]]
A '''windrow''' is a row of cut (mown) [hay](/source/hay) or small grain crop.<ref name=AHDict/> It is allowed to dry before being [baled](/source/Baler), [combined](/source/Combine_harvester), or rolled. For hay, the windrow is often formed by a [hay rake](/source/hay_rake), which rakes hay that has been cut by a [mowing](/source/mower) machine or by [scythe](/source/scythe) into a row, or it may naturally form as the hay is mown. For small grain crops which are to be harvested, the windrow is formed by a [swather](/source/swather) which both cuts the crop and forms the windrow.

By analogy, the term may also be applied to a row of any other material such as snow, earth or materials for collection.<ref name=AHDict>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|windrow}}</ref>

* Snow windrows are created by [snow plow](/source/Snowplow)s when clearing roads of snow; where this blocks driveways the windrow may require removal.  Snow windrowed to the centre of the street can be removed by a [snow blower](/source/snow_blower) and truck. In preparing a pond or lake for [ice cutting](/source/ice_cutting), the snow on top of the ice, which slows freezing, might be scraped off and windrowed.<ref>{{Cite journal
| pages = 6–8
| last = Bowen
| first = John T.
| title = Harvesting and Storing Ice on the Farm
| journal = Farmer's Bulletin
| access-date = 2014-05-25
| date = 1928
| url = http://www.iceharvestingusa.com/farmbulletin3.html
}}</ref>
* Earth windrows may be formed by [grader](/source/grader)s when grading earthworks or dirt roads
* Leaf windrows may be required for municipal collection.
* [Fossil](/source/Fossil) windrows are a grouping of fossils that have been deposited together as a result of turbulence or wave action in a marine or freshwater environment. Fossils of similar shape and size are commonly found grouped or sorted together as a result of separation based on weight and shape.
* [Seaweed](/source/Seaweed) windrows form on sea or lake surfaces because of cylindrical [Langmuir circulation](/source/Langmuir_circulation) just under the surface caused by wind action.

[Windrow composting](/source/Windrow_composting) is a large scale [vermicompost](/source/vermicompost)ing system where garden and other biodegradable waste is shredded, mixed and windrowed for composting.

==See also==
* [Windrow composting](/source/Windrow_composting)
* [Windrow Formation](/source/Windrow_Formation)
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==References==
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Category:Agricultural terminology
Category:Snow removal

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