Month: January 2025

174 posts

Hunt and Thorlakson Families Bloom With LaSalle/Bienville Lumber Company LLC

“It’s our mission to cultivate valued relationships with our customers, employees, partners, vendors and communities, deeply rooting ourselves in shared growth. Our signature dependability and transparency create value and inspire trust.” – LaSalle/Bienville Lumber Company LLC From left to right, are members of the LaSalle/Bienville sales team, Holly Bridwell, John Harkey, Jim Olson, Leah Simmons […]

Midwest Business Trends

Throughout the Midwest region sources that were contacted at the time of this writing varied as to how their markets were faring. One source that was contacted stated that simply due to the time of year his sales aren’t as busy as they usually are. Another source noted that his sales have been doing well […]

Shifting Risks: How Hardwoods Can Prepare For A Productive 2025

Shifting Risks: How Hardwoods Can Prepare For A Productive 2025 After years of volatility, hardwood businesses are looking toward 2025 with cautious optimism. Sixty percent of companies expect increased sales in the coming year, according to the National Wood Flooring Association’s industry outlook. These positive market headwinds make it critical for wood and building material businesses to maximize profits by protecting every aspect of their operations.

West Coast Business Trends

The end of 2024 brought an unusual slight uptick in pricing in tandem with the usual seasonal dip in demand.  Post U.S. election and heading into much harsher winter conditions for most of North America, West Coast producers have a bevy of concerns they can only speculate on the best way to address.  At the […]

Shifting Risks: How Softwoods Can Prepare For A Productive 2025

After years of volatility, softwood businesses are looking toward 2025 with cautious optimism. Sixty percent of wood flooring companies expect increased sales in the coming year, according to the National Wood Flooring Association’s industry outlook. These positive market headwinds make it critical for wood and building material businesses to maximize profits by protecting every aspect […]

AHEC Provides EUDR Update To Appalachian Lumbermen

AHEC Provides EUDR Update To Appalachian Lumbermen – Appalachian hardwood export companies recently learned the latest details on the European Union Deforestation Regulations (EUDR) from the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC).

Softwood Lumber Forecasts For 2025

2024 A Successful Year For Many, Hope That Success Carries Through To 2025 2024 was overwhelmingly a successful year for many companies, despite the challenges that many faced. One participant stated, “Even though it had its challenges, we view the year as a success…” While there are some participants that expect the start of 2025 […]

Southeast Business Trends

Some diverse market reports have emerged from the Southeast that host complaints about rising costs. In Alabama, a lumber representative said that the market in his area is “still pretty busy. Commodities are obviously dropping in price but we’re still steady.” He said he can’t “pinpoint exactly why we’re still busy but there’s a lot […]

NELA Wraps Up 2024 With Lively Fall Meeting

The fall meeting of the New England Lumbermen’s Association (NELA) was recently held at the Colwen Conference Center in Portsmouth, NH, where 93 members attended the all day affair.

Retail Review

Home Lumber Acquired By Bishop, CA-Based High Country Lumber Three years after Milt Johnson, who operated three Home Lumber yards sold them to Stock Building Supply in 2006, Stock planned to shut down the Bishop, CA, location until Johnson’s son Brent got involved. Brent’s involvement helped High Country Lumber acquire Home Lumber. Brent Johnson described […]