by Web Editor | Nov 3, 2017 | News
A new report by Forest Economic Advisors (FEA), commissioned by the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), highlights the importance of softwood lumber manufacturing to the U.S. economy and, in particular, the health of rural communities. Through both direct manufacture and via...
by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Increased demand for softwood lumber worldwide has pushed lumber prices higher, especially in the United States and China during the first half of 2017, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly, published by Wood Resources International LLC. International trade of...
by Web Editor | Aug 23, 2017 | News
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have discovered a way to kill destructive pests, such as the emerald ash borer, in wood for pallets and other shipping components. John Janowiak, professor of wood products engineering, and Kelli Hoover, professor of...
by Web Editor | Oct 10, 2016 | News
The upward trend of global softwood lumber prices is charted in the latest market update from Wood Resource Quarterly. Higher prices during the first six months of 2016 are due to higher demand and a weaker dollar. The report says the major importing countries have...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2016 | News
With Americans buying more new homes than at any time since the recession, the cost of the wood used to build them is rising. Lumber prices are off to their biggest rally in more than a decade, touching a 19-month high last week as demand increased from builders. But...
