Re: Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
- Subject: Re: [SG] Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
- From: G*
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:49:25 -0500
Thank you Connie,
Appreciate you sending that one along. That covers one of the "biggies" in
the seed business. I can not use UPS or FedEx for $3 worth of seeds.
See on the news tonight that the Postal Service is requesting $6 Billion for
the new machines and a bail-out. Also probably postage going up to cover the lack
of volume in mail.
The world she is a changin' and it sure will be interesting to see where we
all end up on this one.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: connie k.hoy <coneh@QWEST.NET>
Subject: [SG] Official news pertaining to mail order seed/plants
> Exerpted from an Nursery Online News source.(cross posting to allow all
> to know what the current status is.)
>
> As of Nov. 1, Ball Seed, Ball Superior and ColorLink are shipping seed
> orders in N. America by Federal Express. The switch to FedEx was
> based on the recent U.S. Postal Service decision to use electron-beam
> devices to sanitize letters and packages. The seed will not be exposed
> to
> any irradiation or sterilization system. Growers will now be able to
> track their seed orders online through the FedEx tracking system
> (http://www.FedEx.com). Growers can also request that their orders be
> shipped by UPS from Ball's West Chicago distribution center. A
> spokesperson for USPS said the agency is aware that certain things are
> affected by irradiation (including plants) and is working on a process
> to
> separate mail that would be affected. It will start installing some
> irradiation machinery this month. http://www.ballseed.com
