Marth Wood Pellets
No Longer Producing Heating Pellets – Now Animal Bedding Under Lignetics
Marth Wood Pellets was once a well-known Wisconsin-based manufacturer of both hardwood and softwood heating pellets. For years, the brand offered solid mid-range performance and was a popular choice across the Midwest. However, Marth has since been acquired by Lignetics, Inc.—one of the largest wood pellet manufacturers in North America.
Following the acquisition, Lignetics transitioned the Marth brand away from residential heating fuel and into wood animal bedding products. Today, Marth-branded products are marketed as Marth Wood Shavings and Softwood Pellet Bedding, designed for equine, livestock, and small animal use rather than pellet stoves or furnaces.
Availability: You’ll still find Marth-branded bags in retail stores and farm supply outlets throughout the Midwest, but these are bedding pellets only—not certified or intended for heating applications. The former Marth heating pellets are no longer in production.
Bottom line: If you come across Marth products today, keep in mind they’re now exclusively animal bedding under the Lignetics family of brands. For home heating pellets, check out other Lignetics-owned lines such as Lignetics Wood Pellets, Bear Mountain, or Golden Fire.
Marth Softwood Pellets | Marth Hardwood
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Summary
Both the hard and softwood pellets burned very well and were both pretty hot. Overall I liked the hardwood pellets better which is interesting because I’m usually favor the added heat from softwood pellets. Check out both of my reviews on each product
24 Responses
i have a breckwell 2700 ,I have run marth wood pellets for years many years I maintain my stove on a regular basis .2017 t0 feb 2018 I noticed the colour change in the pellets. they used to b dark brown then half dark half liter brown and now lite brown . they must have changed something they burn terrible just like the ones they warn you about . marth should take a closer look at wat they changed here . is anyone else having this problem also .
ive had a quadra fire mount vernon pellet stove now for more than 8 years love the stove, had had good results with marth pellets in past years but this year they are the worst pellet i’ve ever used. no heat bought 2 ton when they were on sale
total crap going to try a different brand or shut the stove down they are that bad.
Developed hives from these pellets , arms and shoulders ….
From carrying these bags as they also had a lot of dust and holes in bags, my kids also developed hives ….. tried a different brand And so far so good as it has lower ash and cleaner
Stay away from Marth brand
I am running a harman xxv and I have switch to the marth hardwood pellets brown bag I love these pellets there very clean no dust and they burn clean hot & smell good I was previously running uncle jeds softwood which are very good as well but have found the Marths are a little less dusty and less expensive. Size of the pellets in length is not a issue with this stove I do get a occasional klinker but that seams to be common with any pellet that i have ran & I have experminted with a few brands along the way. I have found with hardwood pellets I have to turn my feed rate down to 3 or 21/2 it just seems it gives these pellets a little longer burn time compared to the soft pellets. less waste on unburend pellets. keeping your stove clean once a week creates less problems with any pellet and my stove runs so efficient and very hot.
Just witched over to Marth pellets over the New Year Weekend. Very disappointed. Smoke everywhere, detectors going off throughout. Come to find that these pellets are not as good as they were in the previous years. Have a pallet full. Now what?