Contacts in the Lake States region accounted for average Hardwood activity, with many stating they expect supply shortages in the coming months. An Indiana Hardwood
With a quieter start to 2024, business continues at this slower pace for many businesses. With spring thaw reducing access to logs, obtaining required inventories
Throughout the Southeast region lumber suppliers noted that their markets were not doing well. In Mississippi a lumberman said that his market is not doing
Among the factors for the recent slowdown in many lumber yards throughout the Lake States, a Michigan lumberman recently suggested that a “lack of vision”
Throughout the Northeast region lumber contacts were varied in their response to whether or not the market was doing better than it was six months
Across the Southeast region sources agreed that lumber prices have been better, while varying on their responses as to how much business they had, at
A California lumberman recently noted that business was “adequate” and that he would “take that any day” over the “chaos” that the pandemic created in
It was a slow start to the new year as customers let their inventories slide over the end of 2023 and placed orders in December
Sawmills and concentration yards reported better business early in the new year compared to the period before the holidays. Activity was mostly seen to replenish
While lumbermen in the Lake States continued to steadily “move wood” through the fourth quarter of 2023, they agreed that “something must change” in order
Overall, lumber sources in the Northeast region said that their sales were better than they were six months ago. A lumberman in Maryland said that
Throughout the Southeast region hardwood lumber trends sources agreed that their markets are rather quiet, at the time of this writing. One source noted that
Lumbermen on the West Coast recently spoke with nervous intrigue regarding the first quarter of 2024. At the time of this writing, three sources were
In advance of the 2023 Holiday season and into New Year’s, sawmills sawed more lumber ahead of this period. Many secondary manufacturers took extended breaks
Another year has begun and the Hardwood industry is busy, striving to improve efficiencies, boost margins, deal with supply chain shortages, rising interests rates, expand
The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, hunting season and Christmas holiday disrupted production and business activity for those in the Hardwood industry. Businesses were busy preparing their
From mill fires to a diminishing pulp market, one Michigan lumberman recently emphasized that he has “never seen the industry this bad.” However, a source
Lumber suppliers across the Northeast region had varied responses when asked how their sales were faring at the time of this writing. In Maryland a
Throughout the Southeast region lumber suppliers agreed that while the market has slowed down, they are still able to move their products. In Tennessee a
While West Coast lumber providers fluctuated on the current state of Hardwoods, one source summed up the market in one word – “mediocre.” “We are
Heading into a new year, we wonder how businesses will fare in the Hardwood sector and elsewhere. Production and demand of Hardwoods is changing, and
