--- title: Market Watch | Jay Engle description: Forest2Market's blog covers forestry, wood products, pulp and paper products, bioenergy, biochemicals and sustainability topics. --- [![RW-F2M-color](https://www.resourcewise.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/logos/RW-F2M-color.png?width=813&name=RW-F2M-color.png "RW-F2M-color")](https://www.resourcewise.com/) - Solutions - Megamenu - Resources - [Blog](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog) - [Blog Brasil](https://www.resourcewise.com/blog/br) - [Login](https://silvastat360.forest2market.com/auth/signin) - [Languages](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Language1](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Language2](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Language3](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Language4](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Language5](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) - [Contact Us](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/author/jay-engle#) ![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Forest2Market-2019/Images/search-icon.png) [+1.704.540.1440](tel:+17045401440) [![Contact](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/299583/04f09777-1842-4d6e-89c6-6884183e2fb8.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/299583/04f09777-1842-4d6e-89c6-6884183e2fb8) ![menu-bgimg](https://www.resourcewise.com/hs-fs/hubfs/menu-bgimg.jpg?width=1500&name=menu-bgimg.jpg "menu-bgimg") #### What we can offer you We provide detailed transactional data, cost benchmarks and in-depth analytics for participants in the wood raw materials supply chain. - Pricing Data - Benchmarks - Product Forecasting - Advisory Services - Analytics [![Learn More](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/299583/d6ccac3f-451e-42b7-9436-1c3b5cbc3590.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/299583/d6ccac3f-451e-42b7-9436-1c3b5cbc3590) #### SilvaStat360 Platform - Price Benchmarks - The Beck Group’s Sawmill TQ - Timber Supply Analysis  - Global Economic Data Explore Forest2Market's Interactive Business Intelligence Platform [![Learn More](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/299583/1c0da2b3-23f0-4ae5-b8fa-c19875cfdc92.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/299583/1c0da2b3-23f0-4ae5-b8fa-c19875cfdc92) #### Industries From biomass suppliers in the Baltics to pulp producers in Brazil and TIMOs in the United States, Forest2Market provides products and services for suppliers, producers and other stakeholders in the global forest products industry. [![Learn More](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/299583/a5d40fc7-4491-4ae5-b1d7-23ce3fa3c19b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/299583/a5d40fc7-4491-4ae5-b1d7-23ce3fa3c19b) x   ## Jay Engle ### Recent Posts [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Densified_Biomass_3.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-energy-is-produced-using-wood-a-foresters-perspective) July 20, 2020 Biomass [How Much Energy is Produced Using Wood? A Forester’s Perspective](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-energy-is-produced-using-wood-a-foresters-perspective) Parsing some of the data and language associated with the global wood pellet trade can be a daunting task. While poking... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-energy-is-produced-using-wood-a-foresters-perspective) [![Pine_Plantations](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/plantation_pine_values_per_acre_2020_1.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-money-is-an-acre-of-timber-worth) July 14, 2020 Solid Wood Markets [How Much Money is an Acre of Timber Worth?](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-money-is-an-acre-of-timber-worth) Recent swings in wood fiber demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are vivid examples of the importance of staying... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/how-much-money-is-an-acre-of-timber-worth) [![HW_2019_4](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/HW_2019_4.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/can-us-hardwood-exports-outlast-the-global-trade-war) November 11, 2019 Lumber Market [Can US Hardwood Exports Outlast the Global Trade War?](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/can-us-hardwood-exports-outlast-the-global-trade-war) In November 2017, we published a comprehensive analysis covering the Northeast and Appalachia that illustrated the... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/can-us-hardwood-exports-outlast-the-global-trade-war) [![Michael_1](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Michael_1.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/analysis-of-a-natural-disaster-hurricane-michaels-lasting-impacts-on-floridas-timber-inventory) February 13, 2019 Supply Chain [Analysis of a Natural Disaster: Hurricane Michael’s Lasting Impacts on Florida's Timber Inventory](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/analysis-of-a-natural-disaster-hurricane-michaels-lasting-impacts-on-floridas-timber-inventory) After attaining peak winds of 155 mph as a category 4 storm, Hurricane Michael approached the Florida Panhandle and... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/analysis-of-a-natural-disaster-hurricane-michaels-lasting-impacts-on-floridas-timber-inventory) [![Brazil Eucs 6](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Brazil%20Eucs%206.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/the-advantages-of-genetic-improvements-for-pine-and-eucalyptus-plantations) October 08, 2018 Market Forecasts [The Advantages of Genetic Improvements for Pine and Eucalyptus Plantations](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/the-advantages-of-genetic-improvements-for-pine-and-eucalyptus-plantations) Forest2Market's Jay Engle and ArborGen's Rafael De La Torre partnered to produce the content in this blog post with a... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/the-advantages-of-genetic-improvements-for-pine-and-eucalyptus-plantations) [![Southern_White_Pine_05](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Archived_8.29.16/Blog/Southern_White_Pine_05.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-timberland-owners-are-you-requiring-/ton-bids-for-your-timber-sales) April 09, 2018 Solid Wood Markets [Southern Timberland Owners: Are You Requiring $/Ton Bids for Your Timber Sales?](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-timberland-owners-are-you-requiring-/ton-bids-for-your-timber-sales) When a truckload of cut pine timber crosses a scale at a mill facility, it is the weight of the load itself—not the... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-timberland-owners-are-you-requiring-/ton-bids-for-your-timber-sales) [![trend_4.png](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/trend_4.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/timberland-prices-rise-and-fall-but-ultimately-return-to-trend) March 19, 2018 Solid Wood Markets [Timberland Prices Rise and Fall, but Ultimately Return to Trend](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/timberland-prices-rise-and-fall-but-ultimately-return-to-trend) In June of 2011, Pete Stewart wrote one of Forest2Market’s most popular blog posts to date titled “Are $350 per Acre... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/timberland-prices-rise-and-fall-but-ultimately-return-to-trend) [![Jay_1.png](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/Jay_1.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/are-pine-plantations-in-the-us-south-profitable-investments) February 06, 2018 Forest Management [Are Pine Plantations in the US South Profitable Investments?](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/are-pine-plantations-in-the-us-south-profitable-investments) Are pine plantations in the US South as financially attractive now as they were in previous decades? This seems like a... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/are-pine-plantations-in-the-us-south-profitable-investments) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/DF_1.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/douglas-fir-and-hem-fir-log-diameter-trends-in-the-pacific-northwest) September 15, 2017 Forest Industry [Douglas Fir and Hem-Fir Log Diameter Trends in the Pacific Northwest](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/douglas-fir-and-hem-fir-log-diameter-trends-in-the-pacific-northwest) “In days of old, logs were sold based on bigger is better. In the days of now, we sell them anyhow regardless of... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/douglas-fir-and-hem-fir-log-diameter-trends-in-the-pacific-northwest) [![Precip_3.png](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/Precip_3.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/recent-precipitation-impacts-on-pine-pulpwood-prices-in-the-us-south) September 13, 2017 Forest Management [Recent Precipitation Impacts on Pine Pulpwood Prices in the US South](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/recent-precipitation-impacts-on-pine-pulpwood-prices-in-the-us-south) No single factor impacts stumpage prices more than precipitation. Despite the catastrophic effects of hurricanes Harvey... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/recent-precipitation-impacts-on-pine-pulpwood-prices-in-the-us-south) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/Nutrients_1.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/tree-harvesting-and-its-effect-on-soil-nutrients) January 21, 2016 Forest Management [Tree Harvesting and its Effect on Soil Nutrients](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/tree-harvesting-and-its-effect-on-soil-nutrients) We are currently experiencing a global resurgence in wood production, and as biomass derived from forest residues... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/tree-harvesting-and-its-effect-on-soil-nutrients) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/Southern_White_Pine_05.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/six-reasons-thinning-trees-is-good-for-the-forest) November 16, 2015 Forest Management [Six Reasons Thinning Trees is Good for the Forest](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/six-reasons-thinning-trees-is-good-for-the-forest) Over the last few months, we have written extensively about the extreme wildfire season in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/six-reasons-thinning-trees-is-good-for-the-forest) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/SYP_Composite_Graph_Sept.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-pine-lumber-price-report-september-2015) October 02, 2015 Lumber Market [Southern Pine Lumber Price Report: September 2015](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-pine-lumber-price-report-september-2015) Lumber prices fell throughout the summer, reaching their lowest point in the beginning of September at a weighted... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/southern-pine-lumber-price-report-september-2015) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/roundwood_1.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/us-south-roundwood-price-update-8-year-snapshot) August 24, 2015 Solid Wood Markets [US South Roundwood Price Update: 8-Year Snapshot](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/us-south-roundwood-price-update-8-year-snapshot) Forecasting is an integral part of business success in an industry that is prone to seasonality, supply constraints and... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/us-south-roundwood-price-update-8-year-snapshot) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Mill2Market/lumber_summer_2015.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/why-lumber-prices-are-falling-summer-2015) August 14, 2015 Lumber Market [Why Lumber Prices Are Falling--Summer 2015 ](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/why-lumber-prices-are-falling-summer-2015) Why Lumber Prices Are Falling--Summer 2015 Lumber prices have taken a dive this summer, falling 21% from a February... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/why-lumber-prices-are-falling-summer-2015) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hubfs/Blog/SYP-prices.png)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/lumber-markets) May 15, 2015 [Lumber Markets - April/May 2015](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/lumber-markets) Among our predictions for 2015, we noted the likelihood that two events would occur. First, weakening world economies... [Continue Reading](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/lumber-markets) [![](https://www.resourcewise.com/hs-fs/file-2643218917-jpg/Blog/Javonmeasuringlogs.jpg)](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/optimizing-wood-supply-chain) March 24, 2015 Supply Chain [Adapt to Survive: Optimizing the Wood Supply Chain](https://www.resourcewise.com/market-watch-blog/optimizing-wood-supply-chain) Like all forests, all wood supply chains are different. Some are longer and more complex than others, but one thing... 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