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Brexit For Dummies

Brexit For Dummies Article by Jessica Johnson, Associate Editor, Timber Processing November 2018 Here in North America, while we have all heard about the decision of the United Kingdom to exit the European Union dubbed “Brexit,” we aren’t as looped in as we could be....

USDA: Projecting Lumber Demand In The U.S. And Abroad

“Lumber and economic growth are tightly connected,” says USDA Forest Service scientist Jeffrey Prestemon. “At a certain rate of GDP growth, you get a certain path of lumber consumption.” Prestemon recently led a study that projects softwood lumber demand under...

Western Wildfire Victims Feel The Burden Of Lumber Tariffs

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...