The peat bog of Sauka is located in the Eastern part of Latvia, in Madonas district, not far from village Barkava. The licensed area of the bog for peat extraction is 540 ha. At the moment 340 ha are used for peat extraction. We continue to acquire new areas and we plan to start to extract peat in the remaining 200 ha in the nearest years. We extract milled peat and block peat in the Sauka bog.
Geida peat bog is located in the Northeast part of Latvia, in Smiltene district, not far from village Bilska. Peat extraction area in this bog is 55 ha. We extract only milled peat in the Geida bog.
Our company also has a factory with equipment for peat crushing in fractions and packing in Big Bales.
OUR ACTIVITIES
White milled peat
Milled peat is extracted by milling method, removing the top layer of 11-20 mm of the peat field.
Block peat
Block peat is extracted mechanically by cutting out peat blocks. Our company uses two methods for block peat extraction.
Processing – packing
Block peat is first crushed by a special equipment and then is seperated in specific fractions.
Peat extraction
Peat bogs in which «Saukas kūdra» Ltd. extracts peat are „high” peat bogs, which ensure high quality of our products.
