Derby Gold offers the best premium equine bedding available. All of our products are 100% pure pine, processed, packaged and shipped directly from our Central Florida mill.
"We produce a soft flake in a good, tight bag with a high rate of expansion. We’ve built this business by standing behind every bag we make."
Eddie Hodge, Owner
Derby Gold’s ultra-compressed Premium Flake is packaged by computerized, automatic baggers that ram 11 cubic feet of loose product into a sturdy, industry-standard 2.8 cubic feet bag. When opened, the shavings expand to more than 8.0 cubic feet. A bag of manufactured shavings — properly dried and screened — will weigh about 20 pounds, yet yield the high rate of expansion for which Derby Gold is known.
First, we carefully shave harvested pine from planted timberland owned or managed by Derby Gold’s Hodge family owners. This assures and guarantees a continuous supply of select logs to be manufactured into soft curls. These are then conveyed through the first phase of our customized Multi-Screen process. Derby Gold’s triple-pass kiln dryer removes moisture to preferred levels (about 12%). This eliminates harmful bacteria, while maintaining soft bedding qualities, perfect for keeping your animals healthy and comfortable.
A final screening renders the bedding virtually dust-free. Derby Gold products are immediately compressed into sturdy, UVI-treated poly, 100% recyclable bags. Each bag is hand-stacked and palletized with shrink wrap to retain its firmness. We freight daily from the docks of our expansive storage facility.
At Derby Gold, we maintain quality control from seedling to the stall.
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