Biomass Fuel Prices July 2011 and Super Premium Wood Pellets vs. Michigan Cherry Pit Price Compare!!

[Don2222]

Hello

Just found this. Anyone burn Cherry pits??

$6.25 for 50 lbs bag where wood pellets are say $4.66 per bag for Super Premium. I am using Super Premium because Cherry Pits also have a nice high BTU content.

So let's compare price
1 Ton Cherry pits
$6.25 x 40 (50lbs)bags = $250 Dollars

1 Ton of SP wood Pellets
$4.66 x 50 (40lbs) bags = $233 Dollars

Not that much different?

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FUEL PRICES

Worried about RISING corn prices?...well don't worry. Just buy a MULT-FUEL stove, furnace, boiler, or fireplace insert and SWITCH to another fuel such as WOOD PELLETS or big HARD RED WINTER WHEAT ... or switch grass, or any BIO-MASS fuel of-the-future. The latest prices are posted in bags of sizes 40lb, 50lb, or 55lb where a bushel of corn is 55lb bag. BLUE SEAL STOVE CORN is in 40lb bags. Whole corn at a farm feed dealer is usually bagged in 50 bags. Only elevator grain (corn) is bagged in 55lb bushel bags. WOOD PELLETS come in a smaller bag (40 lb), and they burn less-hot than corn or other bio-mass material.

CORN in IOWA............................................... July 1, 2011.........$6.76/bu. bag
CORN in EASTERN OHIO ................................July 1, 2011 .......$7.07/bu. bag
CORN in NEBRASKA ......................................July 1, 2011 .....$6.72/bu.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in NH.........................July 1, 2011 .....$9.79/40lb.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in VERMONT ..........July 1, 2011.......$9.92/40lb.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in MAINE ................. July 1, 2011......$9.41/40lb.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in MASS ....................July 1, 2011.......$9.99/40lb.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in NEW YORK .........July 1, 2011.......$9.99/40lb.bag
Blue Seal STOVE CORN in PENN ....................July 1, 11..........$8.63/40lb.bag

WOOD PELLETS in IOWA ..............................July 1, 2011 .......$4.49/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS in NEBRASKA ........................July 1, 11 .......$4.87/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS in OHIO........ ........................July 1, 11 .......$5.25/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS NEW YORK ........................July 1, 11 .......$5.49/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS in PENN .............................July 1, 11 .......$5.98/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS in MAINE ......................July 1, 2011 .........$5.00/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS VERMONT ........................July 1, 11 .......$4.98/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS NEW HAMPSHIRE............July 1, 11 .......$4.98/40lb.bag
WOOD PELLETS IN MASS .....................July 1, 2011...........$5.99/40lb.bag

SOYBEANS in IOWA................................ Juy 1, 2011 ..........$12.97/bu. bag
SOYBEANS in NEBRASKA...................... Juy 1, 2011 .........$13.60/bu. bag
BIG RED WHEAT NEBRASKA ......................Jul 1, 2011 .....$6.87/bu. bag
BIG RED WHEAT MONTANA.................... July 1, 2011 .....$5.74/bu. bag
BIG RED WHEAT CANADA ....................July 1, 2011 .........$6.23/bu. bag

CHERRY PITS MICHIGAN.......................July 1, 2011..........$6.25/50lb.bag
CHERRY PITS OREGON..........................July1, 2011...........$6.75/50lb.bag
CHERRY PITS CALIFOR.........................July 1, 2011...........$7.25/50lb.bag
OLIVE PITS CALIFORNIA.........................July 1, 2011..........$6.25/50lb.bag
SUNFLOWER BLACK SEEDS..............July 1, 2011..........$15.95/50lb.bag

 

[Millsk]

Don did you find cherry pits?

I've been looking for alternatives to wood pellets in the area but the results are lacking. Corn is WAY to expensive at 9.00 a bag. Other options just can't be found. So wood pellets it is.

One fuel that has been discussed on an industrial scale but not for home heat is walnut shells. I wonder what temp. These may need.

 

[hossthehermit]

Same here, I've been trying to find cherry pits for 3 years with no luck. Corn is available, but at the price, it's not practical.

 

[Don2222]

Don did you find cherry pits?

I've been looking for alternatives to wood pellets in the area but the results are lacking. Corn is WAY to expensive at 9.00 a bag. Other options just can't be found. So wood pellets it is.

One fuel that has been discussed on an industrial scale but not for home heat is walnut shells. I wonder what temp. These may need.

No, nothing else but wood pellets around here. I am happy with the price right now at $197.00 per ton at Lowe's and Home depot for their Premium pellets. Dodge Grain has the new Super Premium Geneva Wood Pellets this year now for $4.66 per bag. Instead of 6% moisture like premium wood pellets they have 4% moisture for another 200 to 300 BTUs per lb of pellets So they may be comparable to cherry pits for heat output!

 

[npompei]

My St. Croix Greenfield can burn cherry pits and would love to try but I have no clue where you would find them?!

 

[krooser]

My St. Croix Greenfield can burn cherry pits and would love to try but I have no clue where you would find them?!

Inside cherries!

 

[blazincorn]

in response to pyro's post on corn prices. 1 ton piced up at the farm is $255.00 which is $5.10 per 40lb bag If you get 4 ton delivered it is $275.00 per ton or $5.50 per 40lb bag That is almost half of what the corn prices pyro was showing

 

[npompei]

My St. Croix Greenfield can burn cherry pits and would love to try but I have no clue where you would find them?!

Inside cherries!

Damn, should have seen that coming!

$250 a ton for corn?!?!?!?!?! OMG where?! If you are anywhere near PA I will load up!