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Forest2Market: Dec 19, '22
Following a 15-year peak in 1Q2022 and a sharp decline in prices in 2Q2022, the weighted average price for southern timber continued trending lower,...
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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: Oct 13, '22
Global trade of softwood logs plunged by 20% during the first half of 2022 year-over-year (YoY). Much of the decline was because of the Russian log...
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John Greene: Jul 19, '22
As we noted in a 2021 post on this topic, population growth in the US South has exploded over the last few decades and the trend continues to impact...
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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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Neila Cole: May 23, '22
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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John Greene: Mar 31, '22
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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Joe Clark: Mar 31, '22
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...
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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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Joe Clark: Mar 31, '22
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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“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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Recent swings in wood fiber demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are vivid examples of the importance of staying up to date with developing...
