BusinessDecember 13, 1999
NEW BUSINESS: EXPANDING PRODUCT LINE
Wolfhole Farms Inc., a farm corporation owned by the Heckemeyer family of Sikeston, is expanding its operation in the Blodgett area. "We're developing a 1,400-acre tract of pine trees to produce pine needles," said Tony Heckemeyer. Pine needles are used as plant bedding, said Heckemeyer. Often called pine straw, the product makes a good plant bedding and is sought by landscapers, vegetable producers, homeowners and contractors...
Wolfhole Farms Inc., a farm corporation owned by the Heckemeyer family of Sikeston, is expanding its operation in the Blodgett area.
"We're developing a 1,400-acre tract of pine trees to produce pine needles," said Tony Heckemeyer.
Pine needles are used as plant bedding, said Heckemeyer. Often called pine straw, the product makes a good plant bedding and is sought by landscapers, vegetable producers, homeowners and contractors.
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The mulch product is hard to find in this area, said Heckemeyer.
Because pine needles are renewable resource, trees are not damaged or destroyed.
In addition to pine straw, Wolfhole Farms will start production of bulk pine shavings, whole-tree pine mulch, pine cones and wood bedding for livestock and poultry applications in the spring of 2000.
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