By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
Columbia Pulp Begins Purchase of Local Straw
Wheat-straw processing mill is still on track to begin operations in a year
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STARBUCK – Columbia Pulp LLC hasn’t broken ground yet on its 449-acre pulp mill near Lyons Ferry, but “exciting movement” continues to happen behind closed doors, according to Columbia County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais.
The company began receiving wheat straw for storage on Monday of this week, board member and LLC manager John Begley told The Times. Columbia Pulp has leased space within two miles of the future site of the mill for the storage of 20,000 to 30,000 tons of straw.
“This is all coming from local farms,” Begley said. “We’re beginning to ramp up our straw purchase in anticipatio...
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