by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2015 | News
With the deep freeze that has inundated the eastern half of the United States contributing to the drop, prices for logs and lumber processed on the West Coast have dipped over the last couple of months. Sales are down and wood inventories are up. The market today is...
by Web Editor | Apr 14, 2014 | News
Contacts are still talking about the impacts of the terrible winter weather on the hardwood industry. Deep snow and biting cold slowed logging and hurt sawmill production. One Indiana mill reported 145” of snow this winter; the normal is 40”. Log prices have been...
by Web Editor | Apr 10, 2013 | News
It is spring break-up in the Montana mountains, where wet, muddy conditions prevent loggers and haulers from working for the next few weeks. However, Sun Mountain Lumber, in Deer Lodge, has an adequate supply of timber in its yard to keep the sawmill running during...
by Web Editor | Apr 20, 2012 | News
Results of a multi‐client benchmarking study show that in spite of operational improvements, dimension lumber mills in the U.S. West have struggled to overcome the narrowing gap between log prices and lumber selling values. The study included 10 dimension lumber...