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West Coast Trends May 2025 – White Oak Continues To Be Most In Demand Specie Across West Coast

West Coast Trends May 2025 – White Oak Continues To Be Most In Demand Specie Across West Coast Sources that were contacted across the West Coast region at the time of this writing differed as to how their sales were doing. One source stated that the market that he sells into continues to seem pretty […]

Ontario Trends May 2025 – Sawmills In Ontario Focused On Hard And Soft Maple, Red Oak

Ontario Trends May 2025 – Sawmills In Ontario Focused On Hard And Soft Maple, Red Oak The spring period was challenging for those in the hardwood sector, with warmer weather conditions coming quickly and the thaw leading to the usual road restrictions for this time of year. There were less logs made available by logging […]

Quebec Trends 2025 – Quebec Has Seen Decent Demand For Hard And Soft Maple, Red Oak, Walnut

Quebec Trends 2025 – Quebec Has Seen Decent Demand For Hard And Soft Maple, Red Oak, Walnut The spring warm weather melted the snow quickly, and with rainy periods, it made things a little more difficult for loggers to get into the forests, and road bans due to spring thaw having started as well. With […]

Quebec Business Trends – April 2025

Quebec Business Trends – April 2025 Quebec’s Hardwood Market Proves To Be Steady, Government Funds Housing Starts The winter snowstorms that hit Ontario and Quebec at press time caused delays in logging, thus reducing supplies on markets. With improved weather conditions, logging operations were able to go in the woods for some much-needed supplies of […]

Ontario Business Trends – April 2025

Ontario Business Trends – April 2025 Hard and Soft Maple Remain Popular in Ontario As Prices Continue To Rise With full winter weather upon us at press time, logging conditions were a challenge for certain areas, thus production statistics being down in those areas both in Ontario and in the Appalachian region. However, other areas […]

West Coast Business Trends – April 2025

West Coast Business Trends – April 2025  Optimism Holds Strong Throughout West Coast As Sales Remain Steady Throughout the West Coast region sources that were contacted at press time agreed that while their markets were overall on the slower side, it was due in part to the time of year. A source in Washington stated […]

Lake States Business Trends – April 2025

Lake States Business Trends – April 2025 Sales Tick Up Throughout The Lake States Region Sources that were contacted in the Lake States region differed a bit as to how their sales were faring at the time of writing. One source noted that his market is doing well and is up from six months ago. […]

Northeast Business Trends – April 2025

Northeast Business Trends – April 2025 Northeastern Lumber Representatives Report A Rise In Market Performance And Tariff Preparations Issues with a variety of inclement weather has slowed down operations in the Northeast; however, lumber representatives remain positive due to the increase in customer foot traffic. Causes listed for this increase include the end of the […]

Southeast Business Trends – April 2025

Southeast Business Trends – April 2025 Market Improvements, Uncertainty And The Rise Of Red Oak And Poplar Interest in Red Oak and Poplar have increased along with market demand and uncertainty about the tariffs, while White Oak inquiries have dropped, according to Southeastern lumber sources. “Really good because I think people see what’s coming down […]

Lake States Business Trends – March 2025

Lake States Business Trends – March 2025 Lake States Region Not Hindered By The Winter Weather Across the Lake States region, sources that were contacted varied a bit on the state of the market in their area. One source noted that his sales were doing okay despite the winter weather. Another source said that his […]