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The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, hunting season and Christmas holiday disrupted production and business activity for those in the Hardwood industry. Businesses were busy preparing their log decks and making operational plans as to production schedules, and planning orders of supplies needed for their particular business needs. Several contacts were seeking new sources of supply to […]

From mill fires to a diminishing pulp market, one Michigan lumberman recently emphasized that he has “never seen the industry this bad.” However, a source from Minnesota called the market “stable,” and added that things aren’t as “crazy as they were the last couple of years.” At the time of this writing, a third source […]

Lumber suppliers across the Northeast region had varied responses when asked how their sales were faring at the time of this writing. In Maryland a lumber provider noted that while his sales aren’t what they have been the past several years, he hasn’t had any trouble moving his products. “Prices aren’t what they were in […]

Throughout the Southeast region lumber suppliers agreed that while the market has slowed down, they are still able to move their products. In Tennessee a lumber spokesperson said that his company’s sales were doing OK at the time of this writing, noting that, “A lot of what we are shipping is specie dependent. White Oak […]

While West Coast lumber providers fluctuated on the current state of Hardwoods, one source summed up the market in one word – “mediocre.” “We are doing OK,” he noted. “There is still some money out here from the tech industries. “But things are worse than they were six months ago,” he added. The Washington based […]

Heading into a new year, we wonder how businesses will fare in the Hardwood sector and elsewhere. Production and demand of Hardwoods is changing, and is keeping one on their toes to make a profit, or stay afloat. As statistics have reported both in the U.S. and Canada, production has been in a downward trend […]

Four lumber suppliers from the Lake States region recently agreed that market conditions have been “sluggish” overall in the last six months. According to one Wisconsin based lumber provider at the time of this writing, “Everyone is just buying what they need and not buying anything ahead. “It has been that way for the last […]

Throughout the Northeast lumber sources have mixed sentiments as to how the market is currently faring, with some stating that they are doing worse than they were six months ago and another stating that they are doing about the same. In Pennsylvania, a mill owner said that his business is not doing well, at the […]

Lumber sources throughout the Southeast region are a mixed bag, with comments ranging from the market has improved to sales have slowed down. In Tennessee a sawmill representative said that his market has improved, at the time of this writing. “We are doing better than we were six months ago. I think this is due […]