by Web Editor | Jul 22, 2013 | News
Economic recovery is producing promising outgrowths for the Southern lumber and timber industry. Increasing demand and constrained supply globally are inciting a long-term rebound across the U.S., which is good news for Florida where timber resources are an important...
by Web Editor | May 31, 2013 | News
Lumber exports from the West coast decreased 7 percent in the first quarter of 2013 according to a Forest Service research economist. Log exports increased by 16 percent: from 362 million board feet in the first quarter of 2012, to 420 million board feet in the first...
by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2013 | News
Lumber exports to China from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2012, jumping to 89.4 million board feet, an increase of 97.2% compared to the third quarter of the year, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific...
by Web Editor | Jan 14, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices are near an eight-year high as demand for the staple commodity of the American housing sector has risen on the back of a pick-up in new home construction. Lumber – or sawn timber – futures contracts for March delivery stood at $380 per 1,000 board...
by Web Editor | Jan 4, 2013 | News
Lumber futures jumped to an eight-year high, as signs of a pickup in Chinese buying added to optimism about the U.S. housing recovery that has fueled a three-month boom in the building material. Prices of lumber for January delivery on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...