by Web Editor | Oct 30, 2015 | News
There will be no Hardwood Checkoff promotions program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has stopped the rulemaking process on the controversial “Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order.” Published in the Oct. 28...
by Web Editor | Aug 31, 2015 | News
Beginning as a promising year for the wood products industry in Montana, with modest gains expected as the housing industry continues to bounce back from the recession, 2015 has lost a good deal of its momentum for lumber producers, while plywood and fiberboard...
by Web Editor | Feb 24, 2015 | News
Martco To Build OSB Facility In Corrigan Martco L.L.C. announced the selection of Corrigan, Texas as the location for a new, state-of-the-art oriented strandboard (OSB) facility. The facility is expected to employ 165. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer,...
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...