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New Markets for Wood Products Help Preserve Forests for Future Generations
There is an ongoing disconnect that tends to resurface in the debate surrounding the use of woody biomass to create the innovative and renewable...
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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...
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Sawlog Supply Tight in US South with Long-Term Opportunities Ahead
The US South’s softwood industry has enormous potential for a variety of reasons. The region has a significant forest resource with room for...
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Southern Timber Prices Continued to Climb in 1Q2022
Continuing the strong demand trend that we witnessed during most of 2021, the weighted average price for southern timber surged to a new 15-year high...
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Are Southern Log Prices Finally Catching up to High Lumber Prices?
North American softwood lumber prices are once again creeping back near the record highs that were reached in 2Q2021. Forest2Market’s composite...
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How Many Tons of Wood are on an Acre of Land?
“How many tons of wood are there on an acre of land?” Irrespective of location, it’s one of the most common questions foresters hear on an...
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Pulpwood Prices in Stressed Florida/Georgia Market Surge to Record Highs
In June 2020, we wrote a piece covering the sale of the shuttered Klausner Lumber One facility in Live Oak, FL in which we noted that the region’s...
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Southern Timberland Owners Face Increasing Pressures
Population growth in the US South has exploded over the last few decades. The region gained over 1 million new residents between 2018-2019 alone and...
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Timber Prices & Inventories Plummet in the Lake States
Delivered wood fiber prices in the Lake States are at their lowest point since Forest2Market began collecting transactional pricing data from the...
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Forecasting Timber Supply & Price is a Necessity in Current Markets
If we have learned one lesson over the course of the last year, it’s to expect the unexpected. Massive societal shifts, which began as a reaction to...