Month: September 2022

290 posts

Long Term Global Timber Supply Decline Signals Opportunity For U.S. Suppliers

Those of us whose livelihoods depend on international markets have experienced a couple of challenging years as most U.S. suppliers focused on supplying the domestic market and record high U.S. Softwood lumber prices placed U.S. Softwood lumber out of reach for many international buyers. However, as prices continue to soften in response to lower domestic […]

Addressing Our Country’s Housing Crisis Humanely

America’s housing stock is failing to keep up with the needs of the present. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the U.S. has a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters. New multi-family units are renting at prices cost-prohibitive for middle- and low-income renters. Nearly two-thirds of […]

Washington Scene – September/October 2022

Canadian Lumber Tariffs Cut By More Than Half The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) efforts calling on the Biden administration to eliminate — or at the very least reduce — duties on Canadian lumber shipments into the United States has taken a step in the right direction, according to the NAHB, with the Department […]

Who’s Who In Softwoods – September/October 2022

Brandon Marshburn is a lumber trader with Idaho Timber, located in Henderson, NC. His division produces Spruce-Pine-Fir dimension and studs for customers in North Carolina and area states to the north and west. Idaho Timber is a Softwood lumber producer operating sawmills and value-added manufacturing facilities across the U.S. The company has an annual dayshift […]

Hancock Lumber makes its first sawmill deal in two decades, buying NH producer

Hancock Lumber makes its first sawmill deal in two decades, buying NH…

Corporate culture leans into the wood trend

More and more corporations are realizing the importance that the physical environment of their workspace plays in keeping employees happy.  And one tool in their arsenal turns out to be wood.  Using biophilia (defined as the innate human instinct to connect with nature and other living beings) as a design strategy, corporations are able to create […]

Who Are the True Conservationists?

Gifford Pinchot, the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, described conservation as the “wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.” Conservationists value nature and biodiversity, and the role of science in understanding the natural world. Conservationists understand we must work with nature and be responsible stewards of our land, water, and air to survive and thrive now and in the future.

Germans are looking to firewood for energy as gas prices soar

Skyrocketing prices for natural gas have Europeans scrambling for alternative energy sources. In Germany, where households face a 480 euro rise in their gas bills, people are resorting to stockpiling firewood. The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sunk … Continue reading → The post Germans are looking to firewood for energy as gas prices soar appeared first on Timber Industry News.

Austria: Sawlog prices significantly reduced

The Austrian sawmill industry is currently sufficiently stocked with logs and damaged wood is increasing. Due to the hot, dry summer, there is a correspondingly large amount of wood damaged by bark beetles, or resulted from storms. Although Upper Austria … Continue reading → The post Austria: Sawlog prices significantly reduced appeared first on Timber Industry News.

Wood pellet capacity continues to expand in N. America

Global wood pellet demand continues to soar, with tight market conditions likely to spur significant investments in new production facilities around the world. Demand growth from 2020-’21 outpaced supply growth by approx. 10% (18.2% versus 8.4%, respectively), according to market … Continue reading → The post Wood pellet capacity continues to expand in N. America appeared first on Timber Industry News.