Yes. Straw pellets are currently being used for horse bedding in some markets. Not only are they considered higher quality bedding than sawdust or shavings, but they can be less expensive. Any mature grass hay should make pellets suitable for bedding.

There is a range in BTU values for different types of wood and grass biomass materials. On average grass might be around 8,000 BTU/lb, premium wood pellets around 8,400 BTU/lb, and corn grain around 10,000 BTU/lb.

Absolutely not. If both were available for the same price, wood pellets would be preferred as they will burn with less ash, making for easier cleanup of the stove. If the pellet stove industry continues to expand at its current rate, however, there will not be enough wood pellets to meet the market. This is the situation in parts of Europe and why wood pellets are currently being imported from North America to Europe (only economical due to subsidies).

Most likely not. Average pellet stoves with a standard burn pot are not designed to cope with high ash content. In general, corn stoves will have more potential to handle grass pellets because they are designed to deal with a somewhat messy residue. This is no guarantee that corn stoves will burn grass, corn stoves sometimes have difficulty dealing with corn.

We have the only site burning cool-season grass pellets in North America that we know of. REAP-Canada is burning switchgrass pellets in a Dell-Point Industries Europa stove. Switchgrass pellets are also being burned in Iowa in a Country Flame Technologies Harvester stove.

Not yet. The major advantage of boilers over stoves is that they provide hot water and central hot water heating. Commercially available pellet boilers are designed to burn wood pellets and possibly corn pellets. They have no means of dealing with high ash content. They can successfully burn grass pellets, but will generate a large clinker that would need to be removed from the burn chamber every 6 hours or so, in order for the boiler to continue functioning.

As of now, we do not have any economic comparisons of cool-season grass pellet systems with fossil fuels. REAP-Canada has made some comparisons of switchgrass with fossil fuels and estimated that switchgrass may be economically superior to all but natural gas. As the price of natural gas continues to climb, grass pellets will ultimately be cheaper than natural gas, if that has not already happened.

The pellet is made of a matrix fused with an active product. The ingredients are: cholesterol, cellulose, lactose, phosphates and stearates.

It is the opening of a market to competition in an industry that was traditionally regulated. The electric industry has currently gone through a restructuring which allows utility customers to purchase electricity from a different supplier while using the distribution lines (poles and wire) of the local utility.

At the current time, the Harman corn stove appears capable of handling grass pellets at least up to 5.2% ash content, without any modifications to the stove.

The pellets vary in storage requirements depending on the active product so be sure to check the bottle for temperature and light requirements and avoid humidity.

Our pellets are mainly used subcutaneously between the skin and muscle tissue. The ideal implantation location for mice or rats is the lateral side of the neck between the ear and shoulder. However a location with the most space between the skin and muscle and the animal can not play with the pellet is sufficient.

Most markets can be found within the borders of major towns and cities, however it may be possible to find a player created makeshift market set up almost anywhere.

No, but... Every BTU produced locally is one less that we need to rely on from foreign sources. And each BTU of grass bioenergy comes with at least 90% less production of greenhouse gases compared to fossil fuels. Grass bioenergy can provide some local energy security. Heating 5.5% of residential homes in NYS with biomass could offset 100% of the greenhouse gas production attributed to agriculture in the state.

The walls are up, and the roof went up last summer. If everything goes according to plan, it will be ready for guests by 2008.

Yes, the pellets can be implanted intravenously, intramuscularly, interparatonialy, in the eye, in the brain, in bone marrow, in the mammary gland, in the cervix or uterus and under the kidney capsule.

You can print out a copy of our custom pellet form and fax it to us or you can place an order for custom pellets online. Please be as thorough as possible when completing the forms.