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Northeast US Forestry Update: Maine Feels the Squeeze of Market Dip
Like many forestry businesses across the US, those in Maine and the northeast are feeling the strain of a market downturn. Several factors have...
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Record Share of Lumber Production Now in US South
For years, the US South has continued gaining market share of North American lumber production. That production has now hit record highs across a sea...
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Lumber and Wood Price Index Dives with 26% Fall in Softwood
Continued economic downturn ripples across manufacturing. Sentiment is down somewhat, but the services sector is showing promise after an...
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SYP 2023 Lumber Prices Remain Low with Uncertainty on Interest Looming
SYP wood pricing trickled up slightly as 2023 started. However, expected interest hikes by the Fed and murmurings of a recession may keep 2023 lumber...
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Europe's Sawlog Prices Nearly Doubled in Past 2 Years
Sawlog prices in Central Europe have almost doubled in the past two years — the highest increases on the continent. Over the past two years, sawlog...
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Decrease in US South Timber Surplus May Yield Increased Sawlog Prices
The US South softwood timber resource is significant, cost-competitive, and increasingly crucial for the global supply of several forest products. In...
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Southern Lumber Prices Continue to Inch Down
After jumping 12% in August due in large part to strong demand from the multi-family construction sector, US housing starts dipped by 8% in...
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WRI Market Insights: Global Softwood Lumber Markets
Global trade of softwood lumber slowed in early 2022, in particular lumber headed to China, the US, and Germany, where import volumes were down in...
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As Lumber Prices Plummet, Manufacturers are Asking 2 Important Questions
The North American softwood lumber market remains highly volatile, and the sawmill industry is being forced to react and evolve quickly. Finished...
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Global Softwood Lumber Trade Down in Early 2022
Global trade of softwood lumber slowed in early 2022, in particular lumber headed to China, the US, and Germany, where import volumes were down in...