According to my local LDJ dealer the Manufacture is no longer building or supporting their products.

johnlb wrote:


You are right. Even their web site is gone. Just goes to show you what high corn prices have done to several manufacturing plants.

I see a couple dealers trying to peddle their new furnaces and boilers on E-bay. Think it's going to be a hard sell. Darn shame!!

Low natural gas prices have made Bio Stoves hard to pencil out. And of course the drought has hurt volume of corn produced.
One thing to remember the growers don't set the price the demand does. If the price offered is lower then the cost of production that particular crop won't be raised.
The last few years have seen major flooding followed by drought. Both have driven up demand and prices have reflected that. We assume normal yields each year but some areas get hurt with hail, drought, floods etc every year so mother nature is still in charge.
There is always cycles with weather sometimes too wet other times too dry and the weatherman can't predict right all the time either.
Wood pellets are a good alternative in most cases and in most areas can be bought reasonably.
Sometimes you can buy damaged grain cheap and that will work to burn in a stove. Cherry pits also burn in a bio stove, or wheat, sunflowers, a blend of different grains basically what ever is the cheapest.