HiMy 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@hotmail...> Reply-To: strawbale@amper....muni.cz To: Strawbale@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@hotmail... Bendigo Australia _________________________________________________________________Open an Online Savings Account today & collect a bonus $30*! http://clk.atdmt.com/1DG/go/hsb005000991dg/direct/01/____________________________________________________ European strawbale building discussion list Send all messages to: Strawbale@amper....muni.cz Archives, subscription options, etc: http://amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale ____________________________________________________
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