softwood lumber

Yet more harsh winter storms raged across North America in mid-February, keeping demand for construction framing dimension lumber soft. Most operators were focussed on deliveries; as railways and trucking companies had great difficulty moving solid wood products. Customers eyed their dwindling inventories with patience as home building activity was almost non-existent due to below-freezing temperatures […] The post Ongoing Winter Storms Stymie Lumber Sales first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

The ample volumes of residual forest fibre energy available across North America is evidenced by the increasing number and ferocity of wildfires in the US and Canada Recently Madison’s had the opportunity to visit a biomass fuel-to-electricity production facility through the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship’s Combined Heat and Power […] The post Woody Biomass to Energy: Electricity Production first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.