Re: Permanent Shavings Shortage in Northeast?

["Dolores Arste" <darste@emi.com>]

Yes, there seems to be a shortage in the whole NE.

Dolores Arste
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda B. Merims" <lbm@ici.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: RC: Permanent Shavings Shortage in Northeast?


: TINERB*...
: 
: I live in Massachusetts.  My feed store (Ferestien's in Foxboro)
: has been having trouble for about four months getting shavings.
: Ferestien's sells over 10,000 bales of shavings a month.
: Their primary wholesale supplier is Paley's, with secondary and even
: tertiary backup suppliers.  The story was that it was just due
: to a slow-down in the building industry due to the season, but
: the dealer began to doubt this since there actually *isn't* much
: of a slow-down in building and the difficulty they have been
: encountering is more severe than any in at least 10 years.
: 
: Well, Mr. Ferestien finally did some calling and has found out
: what the real problem is.  Evidently the Russians have undercut
: the American lumber market.  Builders are getting their lumber
: cheaper from dealers supplied from Siberian lumber mills.  Over 40
: mills in New Hampshire and Maine have stopped milling and closed their
: doors since fall, thus cutting off the supply of this by-product of
: the US lumber industry.  Such mills as are still operating are having
: their wood chips and shavings snapped up by the manufactured lumber
: (oriented strand board, etc.) makers, who also rely on this
: by-product of milling trees.
: 
: Mr. Ferestien said that he is arranging with his supplier to
: open a mill to do nothing but produce shavings for him in the
: next few weeks, but the mill will only generate about 4,000 to
: 5,000 bales per month, not the 10,000 he needs.
: 
: I'm wondering if the days of $3.50 shavings bales--which has
: been the price for Paley's shavings in Massachusetts for most
: of the past five years--are over forever.
: 
: Are other people in the Northeast having a similar problem?
: How about the Southeast and far West?
: 
: Linda B. Merims
: lbm@ici.net
: Massachusetts, USA
: 
: 
: *This Is Not Endurance Related, But...
: 
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