by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2015 | News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, recently announced the winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition. The two winning development teams were granted a...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2015 | News
Interfor Corp. said weak demand for southern yellow pine lumber is forcing it to reduce production by 20 percent at its southern U.S. mills. Work hours at the mills were reduced by five hours until further notice, Interfor said. “Prices for southern yellow pine...
by Web Editor | Sep 4, 2015 | News
Canada needs to step up efforts to build new markets for softwood lumber because our biggest customer, the U.S., shows little interest in renewing a trade agreement that expires on Oct. 12, a report from the Canada West Foundation says. Without a Softwood Lumber...
by Web Editor | Sep 2, 2015 | News
Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Is Reborn We ask: If the 19th century modern building material technology was associated with steel and the 20th century with concrete, could the 21st be the century of “MCT,” mass construction timber? Wood, one of the...
by Web Editor | Sep 2, 2015 | The Issues
History Of Montana Operation Stoltze Is Classic Stuff Article by Rich Donnell, Editor-In-Chief, Timber Processing September 2015 One of the feature stories in this issue is the F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber sawmill operation in Columbia Falls, Montana. Our senior...
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...
