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a big year<br />
The Supply<br />
Chain Shuffle<br />
BY Nancy Mayfield<br />
eastern iowa farmer<br />
Last year, the wall that displays long-handled garden<br />
tools at Kueter True Value hardware store in Bellevue<br />
was bare. Nary a canning jar lid was to be found,<br />
although they started resurfacing in late summer. Other<br />
items, back ordered for months, are still missing in action, said<br />
owner Jesse Kueter.<br />
“It was all over the place as far as what we had in stock. Some<br />
things would come in, and some things would never show up.<br />
Canning lids were the biggest thing. We just couldn’t get them,”<br />
he said. “We usually get bulk seeds the first of the year, and<br />
those didn’t come in until April this year. The inventory just<br />
didn’t ship.”<br />
Cleaning supplies are now plentiful, garden tools and seeds<br />
are available, and limited canning jars and lids are appearing and<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> photo / Brooke Taylor<br />
Jesse Kueter, owner of Kueter True Value hardware store in Bellevue,<br />
stands in front of a full wall of garden tools. Shortages of many items<br />
during the pandemic are loosening up, and Kueter and others in the<br />
industry have focused more energy on finding new suppliers and<br />
alternative items to stock.<br />
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