by Web Editor | Aug 17, 2018 | News
Over 1,200 homes have been destroyed by wildfires in California so far in 2018. And due to increased tariffs, those wildfire victims are having to deal with higher construction costs. So are victims whose homes were ruined by Hurricane Harvey last year in Texas. The...
by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2018 | News
In the last few months, lumber supply from Canada, United States’ biggest lumber provider, was shaken by a slew of factors like insect attack, forest fires and shortage of transportation. President Trump’s decision to impose a huge tariff on lumber imports...
by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2018 | News
Back in March, FreightWaves reported on a “perfect storm for lumber markets”: a confluence of strong global demand and critical supply issues that caused futures prices for a thousand board feet of lumber to break $500 for the first time ever. To put that number in...
by Web Editor | Mar 26, 2018 | News
Oregon’s Swanson Group Petitions For U.S. Department Of Labor Assistance Potentially hurt by competition with Canadian softwood lumber, Swanson Group, a wood products company based in Glendale, asked the U.S. Department of Labor to help affected workers. Shelly...
by Web Editor | Mar 19, 2018 | News
Forisk projects U.S. softwood lumber consumption of 49.8 BBFT in 2018. This represents a 3.7% increase from our 2017 forecast of 48.1 BBFT and is 5.4% higher than 2016 actuals of 47.3 BBFT. Softwood lumber consumption increased every year since 2009, but remained...
