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In the Lake States, lumber providers are facing challenges. Some lumbermen are doing well, despite the difficulties. One of them said, “I think things are just fine.” In the case of another lumber provider, it’s not going so well. In Indiana, one lumber representative said, “The RV industry has pretty much collapsed. They are now […]

Across the Northeast region sources said, at the time of this writing, that the market hasn’t been doing well, and they are worried about where the market will land once it starts to level out. In Pennsylvania, a sawmill representative said that the market is proving to be very challenging right now, and that it’s […]

Across the Southeast, sources unanimously said that the market is much slower than it was six months ago. Many of the sources point towards inflation and rising interest rates for some of the reasons that the market has slowed. A lumber spokeswoman in Arkansas said that the market doesn’t seem to have slowed down just […]

Sales of hardwood lumber are not going great guns on the West Coast, but lumber is still moving. An Oregon lumberman stated, “The market has been steady. We are seeing prices drop. So, that’s the challenge: No one wants to get stuck with high-dollar inventory. I think the key is: we were fighting for product […]

Hardwood lumber sales are proceeding in the Lake States region but are being pulled down in some cases by market forces, according to sources recently contacted.A sawmill representative in Michigan remarked, “Markets on certain items seem like they’re still very strong. Stockpiles on other items at our customers’ places of business are up right now. […]

The hardwood markets in the Northeast are inconsistent, with one sawmill representative recently reporting a lack of demand in the United States for his specialty hardwood items.A Massachusetts sawmill and wholesale representative said, “I don’t like the pricing. Pricing is still too low. We do a lot of specialty work. There’s not much demand here […]

In the Southeast, sales of hardwood lumber are good at the time of this writing, but there is a hint of negative factors in the marketplace.An Alabama sawmill representative stated, “Marketwise, sales are sporadic. You have some folks who have overbought with higher priced lumber and are waiting to move it out, so they’re curtailing […]

At the time of this writing, hardwood sales on the West Coast are slower than they have been lately and there is a degree of uncertainty about how the economy will go.A lumberman in California stated, “It’s not as busy as it has been but not bad. You give quotes, the jobs are going to […]

As we head into the fall season, with summer’s up-and-down activity for stocks, businesses are being cautious with their purchases. It was noted that green lumber availability had improved this year, thus businesses had ample lumber. Competition intensified for green lumber which resulted in downward price pressure for several key species. Since green output rose, […]

Contacts recently advised log supplies were better than in late summer. With warm weather conditions of summer, sawmills had to work fast to process, dry and ship them to avoid staining. Depending on areas contacted, sales for green and kiln-dried grade lumber were slow. End users and wholesalers have ample supplies based on their needs, […]