Ricebale, Woven Rice Block, and Woven Hay Block

If rice ever gets added, I having the ability to turn them into bales like the haybale would be a fantastic building block. Since most crops are food and we don't really need any more food outside of roleplaying, having a different use for agriculture such as farming for building supply would be a fantastic addition. Plus you can't tell me this wouldn't be a very aesthetically pleasing as a block. 

Additionally, I would like to suggest creating woven building blocks from the bales. Woven rice and hay blocks would look good on walls, floors and roofs. Woven Rice would be beige while woven hay would be mustard yellow. I could also see creating mats out of them as new form of carpet being a great addition as well but I'm not going to push it. Many people believe that tatami mats are made of bamboo but in actually they are made from rice. This could be an educational addition.