Abstract: A skip for channelling a load of straw bales to be received by a conveyor is provided. The skip is large enough to receive a load of bales tipped into it from a trailer or other bale transporter. The skip has a conveyor in its floor and in use is set up with one end higher than the other. At the higher end an exit for single bales travelling lengthwise up the floor of the skip on the skip's conveyor is provided through which the bales are conveyed one at a time. The sides of the exit are shaped to turn back incorrectly arranged bales which have travelled up the skip, and these sides may be constituted by frusto-conical rollers. A transverse liftable barrier may also be provided across the width of the skip to knock back bales resting on top of other bales.