Abstract: A bale wrapping system includes an emitter configured to generate electromagnetic radiation within an emitted spectrum and a wrap. The wrap includes a melt layer containing an additive absorbent to at least some electromagnetic radiation within the emitted spectrum and a solid layer substantially free of the additive.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a wrapping material for wrapping around an agricultural product to form a bale, including a continuous web of material including a plurality of wrapping units, each wrapping unit having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and extending lengthwise from a leading end to a tail end, the tail end of each wrapping unit terminating at the leading end of an adjacent wrapping unit. Each wrapping unit includes a nontacky portion extending lengthwise from the leading end of the wrapping unit, and having a length greater than a circumference of the bale, and a tacky portion extending lengthwise from the nontacky portion to the tail end of the wrapping unit, and having a length greater than the circumference of the bale.