Category: Business Trends

Throughout the Northeast region lumber sources weren’t able to come to a consensus as to how the market was faring, with one source noting that

Recently, lumber sales on the West Coast were not going gang-busters, as reflected in interviews, but in some places, there were indications of strength. For

The winter weather was milder with less snowfall in certain areas, thus affecting logging activity levels. As well, markets have contracted, causing limited timber sales

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