“Pine Cones” $100 a bucket

  • B-man
    Posts: 6567
    February 26, 2025 at 10:43 am #2320031

    The MN DNR is paying $200 a bushel for Black Spruce cones (just over 9 gallons).

    Makes me wanna take the Boys to our swamp on the land next weekend jester

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    fins
    Posts: 146
    February 26, 2025 at 10:47 am #2320034

    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    bigcrappie
    Blaine
    Posts: 4511
    February 26, 2025 at 10:53 am #2320036

    I have 5 Black Hill Spruce in my back yard, wonder if that’s the same?

    JEREMY
    BP
    Posts: 4337
    February 26, 2025 at 11:05 am #2320038

    I have 19 planted by my deer stand and they are loaded with cones.

    bigcrappie wrote:

    I have 5 Black Hill Spruce in my back yard, wonder if that’s the same?

    Riverrat
    Posts: 1792
    February 26, 2025 at 11:05 am #2320039

    They’ve been offering to pay for some of these for awhile now they must have like zero seed stock left.

    JEREMY
    BP
    Posts: 4337
    February 26, 2025 at 11:06 am #2320040

    Damn just looked it up not the same.

    Youbetcha
    Wright County
    Posts: 3102
    February 26, 2025 at 11:09 am #2320041

    That will be a fun 1099 for taxes next year jester

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 5115
    February 26, 2025 at 12:11 pm #2320055
    fins wrote:

    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    Next weeks Star Trib headline “Thousands of Black Spruce cut down in National Forest to collect pine cones”

    Bearcat89
    North branch, mn
    Posts: 21843
    February 26, 2025 at 12:13 pm #2320056
    Riverrat wrote:

    They’ve been offering to pay for some of these for awhile now they must have like zero seed stock left.

    That is exactly what the picture he posted says. OUR SHELVES ARE BARE, WE ARE DOUBLING OUR PRICE PER BUSHELL

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 24487
    February 26, 2025 at 12:40 pm #2320064
    fins wrote:

    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    Munchy beat me to it now I see, but they will have a bunch of cut down trees I fear.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 12222
    February 26, 2025 at 12:47 pm #2320066
    fins wrote:

    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    Until they realized how much work it is. Then they’d go right back to stealing Amazon packages.

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 24487
    February 26, 2025 at 12:50 pm #2320067
    TheFamousGrouse wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>fins wrote:</div>
    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    Until they realized how much work it is. Then they’d go right back to stealing Amazon packages.

    Or catalytic converters

    munchy
    NULL
    Posts: 5115
    February 26, 2025 at 1:20 pm #2320075
    TheFamousGrouse wrote:

    <div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>fins wrote:</div>
    Don’t tell the tweakers about that. That sounds like something that would be right up their alley

    Until they realized how much work it is. Then they’d go right back to stealing Amazon packages.

    Being they mainly produce cones in the top 1/3 of the tree, they’ll quickly figure out cutting them down is easiest. tongue

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