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Southern Timber Prices Plummeted in 2Q2022

After hitting a 15-year peak in 1Q2022, the weighted average price for southern timber turned sharply lower in 2Q as prices for every product dropped during this period. While stumpage prices were up +7% year-over-year (YoY), they were down -13% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) in 2Q. Southern timber prices have demonstrated significant volatility since 2017; however, prices for all products have trended upwards over the last ten years.

Wood Pellets Can Help Alleviate Energy Pressures Amid War, Uncertainty

As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, the ongoing war in Ukraine has pinched trade flows of the increasingly valuable supply of industrial wood pellets from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, which have been used to co-fire power generation plants throughout Western Europe over the last decade. Demand has put upward price pressure on pellets originating in the US South, as the future of fossil energy supplies in Europe remain uncertain.

Anti-Forestry Insanity: The Opinion Piece That Keeps on Giving

There’s an old adage about the paralyzing effects of cognitive dissonance: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Will Structural Freight Changes in the Lake States Alter the Future of Wood Deliveries?

Delivered wood fiber prices in the Lake States have been depressed for the better part of two years – a period which saw a significant drop off in demand due to the closure of two large regional paper mills. In an unexpected twist, however, prices turned markedly higher in March. Delivered fiber prices in 2Q2022 were up 13% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and while they have recently tapered, prices are still at their highest point in more than three years.

UPM Gears Up for Bio-MEG Commercialization

Published / Reported by FOREST 2 MARKET Doris de Guzman Source Article…

Why Is Kraft Paper Demand Rising and Where Is it Heading?

Published / Reported by FOREST 2 MARKET Marko Summanen Source Article EXCERPT…

Which Region of the US Stores the Most Carbon in its Forests?

Published / Reported by FOREST 2 MARKET Jeremy Kessinger Source Article EXCERPT…

Inflation Reduction Act & Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Come Fly With Me?

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Housing Starts Tumble to Lowest Level in 17 Months

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Strong Demand and Tight Supply Have Driven Wood Fiber Costs for Pulp Manufacturers Higher in 2022

Published / Reported by FOREST 2 MARKET Håkan Ekström Source Article EXCERPT…