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ResourceWise: Jan 10, '24
As 2024 gets started, let’s take a few moments to reflect on how the North American lumber market moved in 2023. Across the board, we saw several...
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ResourceWise: Jul 14, '23
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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ResourceWise: Feb 21, '23
Continued economic downturn ripples across manufacturing. Sentiment is down somewhat, but the services sector is showing promise after an...
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Håkan Ekström: Nov 7, '22
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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Håkan Ekström: Nov 1, '22
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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John Greene: Oct 24, '22
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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Håkan Ekström: Jul 7, '22
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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Forest2Market: Jun 15, '22
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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Håkan Ekström: Jun 2, '22
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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John Greene: Jun 1, '22
The volatile North American softwood lumber market continues to keep us all guessing as we enter mid-2Q2022. After spending most of 1Q above the...
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Håkan Ekström: May 25, '22
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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Joe Clark: Apr 1, '22
While we largely avoided a repeat of the tissue and towel hoarding behavior that came to exemplify pandemic life in 2020, 2021 was not without its...
