How It’s Made

From Seed to Stall: The Story of Our Shavings

Every bag starts with a pine seed planted in Texas. Follow its journey from the forest to our mill in Marshall, then into fresh bedding underfoot.

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  1. A hand planting a seedling in open ground

    Chapter 1 of 9

    It starts in East Texas.

    Every bag begins as a seedling in the Texas pine belt. Southern Yellow Pine grows straight and dense here, and that density is what gives our shavings their body.

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  2. A stand of tall, straight pines

    Chapter 2 of 9

    Rooted in generations.

    Our family has produced Southern Yellow Pine lumber for more than 90 years. Pinecone carries that experience forward, with the same attention to quality and consistency.

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  3. Chapter 3 of 9

    Where logs become lumber.

    At our sawmill in Marshall, Texas, Southern Yellow Pine logs become lumber. The bedding shavings come later, after the boards have been dried.

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  4. Chapter 4 of 9

    Kiln dried.

    The boards are kiln dried before moving to our planer mill. It’s an important distinction. We dry the lumber first, then produce the shavings.

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  5. Chapter 5 of 9

    Where shavings begin.

    When we pass the boards through a planer, it produces the clean, dry shavings that become Pinecone bedding. All from our own lumber, with no outside material mixed in.

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  6. Chapter 6 of 9

    Screened for dust.

    The shavings pass through a screening system to reduce dust before bagging. The result is clean, low-dust bedding made with everyday stall care in mind.

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  7. Chapter 7 of 9

    Tightly packed. Ready to go.

    Our shavings are tightly compressed into bags and stacked on pallets at our Marshall facility, marked as either Fine or Medium sized flakes.

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  8. A semi-truck hauling pallets of bagged shavings

    Chapter 8 of 9

    A dedicated route to your door.

    We partner with a dedicated logistics network that moves Pinecone to dealers and customers, helping get our Texas-made bedding where it needs to go, on time, and in good condition.

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  9. Horses standing in a freshly bedded stall

    Chapter 9 of 9

    Underfoot. Happy stalls.

    Clean, low-dust, absorbent bedding designed to support a healthy stall environment. Comfortable for horses, easy to pick, and practical for the people caring for them.

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