[Strawbale]Straw Query from, Australia

[chris newton]

15.06.04

Dear Jan,

Thanks for your email enquiry regarding straw bales.

Chris is currently at the 2004 International Straw bale Conference in
Denmark.
She is unable to access her emails until she returns to Australia on the
23rd June 04.
She will contact you when she gets back.

Regards
Colin Newton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ján Rendek" <rendek at hotmail...>
To: <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:15 PM
Subject: RE: [Strawbale]Straw Query from, Australia


> Hi
>
> My name is Jan Rendek and I come from Slovak Republic, Central Europe.
From
> what I know, waste straw is used as bedding for cows (an industry in
decline
> here), and that's it. I am almost sure if someone came to them and wanted
to
> buy bales, they would be more than happy to sell them. If I strike an
> agreement with my father to remodel our cottage with straw bales, I will
> have to find some supplier.
>
> Here in Slovakia, farmers bale straw into either blocks or these huge
disks.
>
> Slovakia has a "corn belt" in south (mostly wheat) in the region bordering
> with Hungary. Hungary may have a huge surplus of straw (almost entirey
flat
> country, intensive agriculture).
>
> Before I go into details, do you contemplate importing straw bales from
> Europe into Australia? If so, you must have some secret solution 'cause I
> cannot imagine how could that be profitable (due to low price, low wight
and
> high volume of these bales).
>
> Jan
>
>
> >From: "Cherie Barclay" <chezneil at hotmail...>
> >Reply-To: strawbale at amper....muni.cz
> >To: Strawbale at amper....muni.cz
> >Subject: [Strawbale]Straw Query from, Australia
> >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 10:57:41 +1000
> >
> >Hello from Bendigo in Australia,
> >
> >I need to know how easy it is to purchase very LARGE quantities of waste
> >wheat straw in different countries near Europe (eg England, Germany,
> >France, Spain, Ukraine, Russia etc.) Is this straw difficult to procure?
> >
> >Could someone please email and make contact with me regarding this?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Cherrie L Barclay
> >chezneil at hotmail...
> >Bendigo
> >Australia
> >
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