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NW Washington | I think you are referring to a material called "strawboard" which can be made out of just about any kind of straw, like wheat, oats, barley or even grass in grass-seed production. I am not sure that the economics of the process can compete with wood based particle board and waferboard (osb) at the present time. Here is some info on "strawboard".
http://www.fiberfutures.org/straw/main_pages/07_markets/files/straw...
Straw is also used to make erosion mats for use on construction sites to reduce erosion and help establish a ground cover. I would guess that this would be a good way to spread weeds, but maybe not.
I recently heard a USDA guy talk about research on a "gasification" process that would take biomass like straw and grass and convert it directly into alcohol and by-pass the regular fermention process normally used. I believe they are supposed to have an experimental pilot plant operating in Washington state this year.
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