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West Coast Business Trends

West Coast Business Trends West Coast Focuses On Navigating A Chaotic Path Forward By Zach Miller At the time of this writing the West Coast is in the midst of one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory. Commodity lumber prices are improving at a lethargic pace even with continued mill curtailments and closures. […]

Rayonier And Stimson Team Up for Reception During ILP

Rayonier And Stimson Team Up for Reception During ILP Taphouse Unchained in Coeur d’Alene, ID, was the recent site for a cocktail reception co-hosted by Rayonier and Stimson Lumber Company, held in conjunction with the annual Inland Lumber Producers golf event. Rayonier is a land resources Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). According to its website, […]

Southeast Business Trends

Southeast Business Trends A Better Market In The Southeast While Transportation Remains A Concern By Ruthie RobisonAssociate Editor Lumber sources in the Southeast are reporting a better softwood market even with a seasonal slowdown for some. Many in the region, however, are facing challenges with transportation, including the high price of diesel, a shortage of […]

Alta Forest Products/Idaho Forest Products Host Sawblade Invitational

Alta Forest Products/Idaho Forest Products Host Sawblade Invitational The Saw Blade Invitational Golf Scramble, hosted by Idaho Forest Group (IFG) and Alta Forest Products, and held at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, ID, marked its 12th year recently. According to its website, from its Coeur d’Alene, Idaho headquarters, Idaho Forest Group (IFG), is […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Who’s Who in Softwoods Jackson Caelian: Sales Representative At West Bay Forest Products Jackson Caelian Jackson Caelian is a “thriving young sales representative tasked with developing new Cedar markets at West Bay Forest Products,” shared Chad Findlay, vice president at West Bay Forest Products.  Caelian began his lumber career as an intern at West Bay […]

How The SLB Is Building The Future Of Lumber

How The SLB Is Building The Future Of Lumber Redmond Library | Miller Hull Partnership For generations, lumber demand has been driven by home building and remodeling. It’s used to build 93 percent of U.S. homes, along with 87 percent of low-rise multifamily buildings. Today, a new opportunity is emerging—one that could fundamentally expand where and […]

In The Rush To Build Affordably, We Can’t Undermine Building Safety

In The Rush To Build Affordably, We Can’t Undermine Building Safety Jackson MorrillPresident & CEO of the American Wood Council As housing continues to pose affordability challenges across the country, state governments have been pursuing legislation that, while well-intentioned, threatens the safety of wood construction. This year, for example, New York and North Carolina each […]

APA’s 2026 Structural Panel & Engineered Wood Yearbook Now Available

APA’s 2026 Structural Panel & Engineered Wood Yearbook Now Available New analysis from APA – The Engineered Wood Association finds structural panel production expected to dip in 2026. Elevated tariff rates, a frozen housing market and the sharpest slowdown in U.S. net immigration in decades are converging to constrain demand for engineered wood products in […]

30 Years Of Connection: Get Ready For Traders Market 2026

30 Years Of Connection: Get Ready For Traders Market 2026 Traders Market is just around the corner, returning Nov. 4–6 in Anaheim, California, and this year’s event is bringing the lumber and building materials industry together for a milestone celebration. For 30 years, Traders Market has been where professionals from across the North American supply […]

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends More Tariffs By U.S. Among Many Issues Facing Canadian Lumber Suppliers By Richard LipmanGuest Writer The trend of big picture trade issues causing concern and uncertainty continues to affect the landscape for eastern Canadian lumber producers. Forest fires too are very devastating this summer.  Industry and government continue to work to control […]