imported fire wood!!!!

[farmer steve]

just got back from the grocery store. as usual i looked at the bundled firewood out front. this caught my eye with the yellow netting. it was hard to see what kind of wood so i looked at the label. imported from Lithuania. $5.99 a bundle. 3/4 cubic foot of wood. = to $1,022 per cord. nothing against our USA bundlers to make $$ but imported????

 

[agvg]

They are big on wood export, a ship load don't cost much pr unit.

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[ChoppyChoppy]

The local store chain here that harps into the "buy local" sells bundles from Texas! I've yet to hear back from them on why they aren't buying local... ie... me.

 

[HadleyPA]

Last time I looked at the tag at the grocery store it was 4-5 pieces wrapped in plastic and said. European hardwood! $5/each! Basically $1 per piece. Said to wife if I could sell all I have split and stacked for that price I could buy fuel oil for the next 5-10 years and leave the woodstove sit!

 

[zogger]

That's retail though, wholesale is a lot less. I approached the manager at my local supermarket, had two different bundles with me. Asked if they were interested, my bundles were hugely better than what they retailed at 5 bucks. He said only if I could supply a tractor trailer load, enough for their chain, multiple stores, deliver to all of them, at two bucks a bundle..I said no.

I have no idea how you can haul firewood all the way across the ocean and still make money on it...government subsidy or incentive over there? What they call "dumping"? edit: another thought, partial containers that need to be shipped anyway, fill up the nooks and crannies?

 

[Jed1124]

Sounds like a recipe for another invasive insect pest

 

[unclemoustache]

Sounds like a recipe for another invasive insect pest

Yes, I believe there are laws against transporting firewood - what the heck are we importing it for!!??!?

 

[farmer steve]

Sounds like a recipe for another invasive insect pest

Yes, I believe there are laws against transporting firewood - what the heck are we importing it for!!??!?

most all bundled firewood here in PA has to meet dept of ag regs. ie kiln dried to kill any pests. so that it can be moved around the state.

 

[Jed1124]

most all bundled firewood here in PA has to meet dept of ag regs. ie kiln dried to kill any pests. so that it can be moved around the state.

I got that part, but I'm not sure I would trust the folks in Lithuania to be above board with getting their wood up to temp. It costs money to fire them kilns.
We don't have enough local wood? Seems we can't keep anything on our shores these days.

 

[Zale]

I had a client who bought a tractor trailer load. I think 12 or 14 pallets of split birch from Estonia. He paid in the $thousands for it. Don't ask me why.

 

[rarefish383]

Our bundles are local. Some are from a farm within a mile and some are from a couple farms in PA, still not far, Joe.