Straw Buying Guide

Drink Up!

A local cafe has just begun offering thicker beverages such as smoothies and floats to accommodate recent demand. On the first day of serving these new trendy beverages, a customer orders a yummy, thick fruit smoothie to start their day. Not long after they have begun trying to enjoy their beverage, the cafe receives a complaint that the straws are simply too small to be able to sip the smoothie properly.

Ensure that customers can enjoy their slushies, cocktails, juice, and other beverages with ease with CiboWares selection of plastic straws. Available in a variety of sizes, colors, and styles, some straws come individually wrapped, making them a sanitary option for take-out orders. Add some extra pizzazz and style to beverages with these quality products.

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Eco-Friendly Straws

Our selection of paper and PLA straws are a great eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastic straws. Featuring a look and feel similar to the traditional straws customers and staff are familiar with, they are sure to be an asset to any foodservice location.

Paper Straws: These straws are made from paper materials, are a great eco-friendly option and are available in jumbo and giant straw styles. Unwrapped and individually wrapped straws are also available.
Sizes: Jumbo: 5.75" - 10.25" - Giant: 7.75" - 10.25"
Color: White, black, kraft, and red or blue striped 
Uses: Milkshakes, floats, smoothies
Wrapped: Paper wrapped or unwrapped
Flexible End: No

PLA Straws: Made from sustainable corn-based plastic resources, these PLA straws are BPI certified compostable in a commercial composting facility. Durable and stylish, they meet the ASTM D but should avoid being used with hot temperatures as they cannot exceed 113 degrees F. Jumbo and giant straw styles are available.
Sizes: Jumbo: 7.75" - Giant: 10.25"
Color: Clear 
Uses: Milkshakes, floats, smoothies
Wrapped: Paper wrapped or unwrapped
Flexible End: No

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Plastic Straws

Giant Straws: Featuring a large opening and tall design, they are ideal for use with thicker beverages.
Sizes: 5.75", 7.75", 8.5", 9", 10.25", 12"
Diameter: 0.28" (7.2mm)
Color: Black, blue, clear, orange, red, red stripe 
Uses: Slushies, milkshakes, smoothies
Wrapped: Unwrapped or wrapped styles
Flexible End: No

Jumbo Straws: Features many of the same characteristics as giant red straws.
Sizes: 5.75", 6", 7.75", 9", 9.5", 10.25", 12", 24"
Diameter: 0.22" (5.6mm)
Colors: Black, clear, red, red stripe, assorted (orange, blue, yellow and green)
Uses: Juice, soda
Wrapped: Unwrapped or wrapped styles
Flexible End: No

Spoon Straws: Featuring an open-ended spoon on one end, these straws are perfect for sipping drinks, and eating ice cream chunks or other solids from beverages. Wrapped in plastic cello, they are the sanitary and fun choice for your customers.
Size: 10"
Diameter: 0.26&#; (6.5mm)
Color: Red
Uses: Slushies, snow cones, smoothies, milkshakes
Wrapped: Wrapped
Flexible End: No

Flexible Straws: Guaranteed to protect against contamination, these straws are individually wrapped. Perfect for take-out orders, they feature a convenient flexible end.
Size: 7-5/8" or 7.75" 
Color: Clear
Uses: Juice, floats
Wrapped: Paper wrapped
Flexible End: Yes

Sip Straws: Made from only the highest quality polypropylene these durable, thin straws can withstand high temperatures making them perfect for use in hot drinks.
Sizes: 5&#;, 5.5", 7", 7.5&#;
Diameter: 0.12&#; (3mm)
Colors: Black, red, white, and white with red stripe
Uses: Specialty teas, cocktails, stirring cream, milk, or sugar into coffee
Wrapped: Unwrapped, paper or poly wrapped
Flexible End: No

Assorted Paper Fruit Straws: Perfect for bringing a festive vibe to your restaurant, these unique straws have colorful honeycomb fruit decorations attached to the straw and are easy to put together. They come packaged in individual shrink wrapped boxes and are made from food grade materials and bright-colored paper. An absolute must-have for your restaurant, these straws also come with fruits in six assorted shapes.
Sizes: Straw is approximately 9.5&#; while the fruit is 1.75&#;
Colors: (Straw) white with red, yellow, green, and blue stripes, (fruit) orange, purple, red, and yellow.
Uses: Cocktails, juice, smoothies
Wrapped: No
Flexible End: Yes

New and improved models at the top and bottom end of the performance spectrum characterise the changes in this year&#;s Ultimate Guide to combines &#; along with the arrival of the first £1m machines.

While Case IH, Claas and New Holland have hit the £750,000 mark or thereabouts with their flagship models, the John Deere X9 on tracks with a 12.2m HDX header and both wheeled and tracked versions of the X9 with a 13.7m header carry a list price of more than a million pounds.

Not a price that growers will pay, of course, given the &#;discounts&#; available to get a deal price in the right ballpark, but a landmark nonetheless.

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Combine specs

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Claas

An addition to the Trion range introduced for this year&#;s harvest and upgrades across the board for Lexion combines form the Claas headlines for harvest .

The Trion addition is among the 500 series five-walker machines, with the 540 having the same spec as the current 530 but sporting more power at 354hp versus 306hp for additional performance where muscle counts.

There are wheeled and Terra-Trac versions available with 9,000-litre or 10,000-litre grain tanks.

A wider cab &#; as first seen on the Trion combines &#; with more interior storage, an optional swivelling seat and various measures to improve visibility is introduced on all Lexion models.

In addition, Montana self-levelling machines return to the range to cater for growers on hilly ground wanting slope compensation beyond what the 3D dynamic top sieve and rotary cage &#;bomb door&#; control systems offer.

Just two models get the Montana treatment initially &#; the 408hp, five-walker Lexion and the 549hp, twin-rotor Lexion .

Below the flagship Lexion , a model reshuffle sees the Lexion in wheeled and Terra-Trac forms enter the line-up with 549hp from its MAN range.

The wheeled 585hp is dropped for the UK, but in Terra-Trac guise it receives a Mercedes-Benz engine upgrade to 625hp and a 15,000-litre grain tank option over the standard 13,500-litre unit

The Terra-Trac switches to a MAN engine with 700hp and becomes available with an 18,000-litre tank.

In addition to the already comprehensive selection of automation features available on the Trion and Lexion combines, Cemos Auto Header is a new option for the Vario cutting table.

It uses the cab roof-mounted laser scanner employed for Field Pilot guidance to identify changes in crop height and adjusts the reel height and position to maintain a consistent feed-on performance, while also adjusting the knife-to-auger distance if need be.

Fendt

Three combine models carrying a new name &#; Corus &#; replace the two Fendt E-series five-walker entry-level machines.

An electronically controlled hydrostatic transmission is arguably the most significant upgrade as it is said to respond quickly to speed control inputs and in road travel mode automatically lowers engine revs to consume less fuel.

Increased power from an Agco engine lifts the base model from 176hp to 185hp and the second &#;E&#; machine from 218hp to 225hp; a third variant then comes in with 260hp.

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All three versions can now be had with Agco&#;s Power Flow table up to 6.2m wide with an extended knife position and conveyor belts carrying crop to the gathering auger, or the conventional Free Flow design up to 7.6m.

The combines also come with either straw walkers as the sole separation mechanism or with the Multi Crop Separator peg drum for more intensive separation and the same length walkers.

While the cab structure continues unchanged, interior updates have been made to the seat-mounted control console with the addition of in-cab controls for concave and sieve adjustments among the changes.

The top-end Ideal combines have also come in for attention, with a heavy-duty ground drive option for 8T, 9T and 10T machines on TrakDrive running gear to provide additional tractive effort for work in hilly fields and for road travel.

In addition, a 76cm traction belt and 800/70 R38 front tyre will be available with 520/85 R30 rear tyres for increased field surface contact area within an overall width of 3.5m.

In the field, Variotronic Turn Assistant extends GPS guidance to headland turns for reduced operator workload and fatigue in a cab that is now quieter, has storage compartments in the rear panel, has USB charging sockets and a second terminal holder on the armrest.

John Deere

There are no changes to the model line-up in the John Deere range, but the HarvestLab constituent sensor for on-board grain and oilseed analysis is a new option.

This NIR device is increasingly used on John Deere forage harvesters, slurry tankers for manure nutrient analysis and in stationary applications, and now is available for the Grain Sensing feature.

It fits new S-series rotary and T-series straw walker combines and can be retrofitted to the clean grain elevator on current S-series and T-series combines from model year onwards.

The device measures moisture and the protein content of wheat, barley and rapeseed, the starch content of barley and the oil content of rapeseed continuously in real time.

And John Deere Operations Center software can be used to produce a &#;contour map&#; of these constituents for field management.

Deere says the system can also be helpful in segregating grain at harvest according to quality parameters.

Massey Ferguson

Joystick steering is a new option for an unchanged line-up of top-end Massey Ferguson Ideal combines.

Available on all three TrakRide variants running on triangular track assemblies, the system does away with the steering column and wheel to open up a clear view to the header.

According to an Aalborg University trial in Denmark, operators completed a simulated drive quicker and with much less input using the left-hand joystick.

Field observations also noted that operators tend to sit back in the seat in a more comfortable, relaxed position in contrast to being hunched over a steering wheel.

In addition to steering, the joystick carries buttons to operate turn signals in road mode, and others sound the horn, switch between high and low beam road lights, and engage guidance in the field.

Among other changes in the cab, increased insulation has had a significant effect on noise level at full power, says Massey Ferguson.

There are also new storage compartments on the cab&#;s rear panel, plus additional mounts for an iPad, two USB charging ports and a smartphone holder with integral charger on the seat-mounted control console.

At the other end of the performance scale, the two entry-level Activa combines have been upgraded and joined by a third.

Power outputs are up at 185hp and 226hp for the direct replacements, while the incoming MF sports a 260hp Agco engine.

They power a new hydrostatic ground drive transmission that is now electronically controlled for improved responsiveness and &#;intelligent&#; functions, such as lowering engine revs for road travel.

The three machines are available with or without a peg drum rotary separation element, which is positioned between the threshing drum and beater, and the five straw walkers when installed.

The Multi Crop Separator&#;s grille can be rotated out of the crop flow to avoid damage when harvesting very dry, brittle crops.

All three combines can be equipped with the MF Free Flow header, but the Power Flow unit &#; which has an extended knife position and feed belts between the knife and auger &#; is an option.

Both headers are connected by a multi-coupling for the hydraulics and electrics.

In the cab, new controls and a revamped layout are evident, with the Agritronic display and grain loss monitor standard equipment, and with new options that include in-cab sieve adjustment.

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