Posted by John Greene at Forest2Market After falling to a nine-month low in June, US housing starts rebounded slightly and less than expected in July, suggesting the housing market will likely remain flat for the remainder of the year. Despite [...]
Posted by John Greene at Forest2Market Over the past six years, chip and pulpwood prices in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) have demonstrated significant levels of volatility when compared to the relatively flat performance in the US South. Most notably, prices [...]
Posted by John Greene at Forest2Market While still high compared to recent years, southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber prices have dropped from their record high of $576/MBF posted in early June. Forest2Market’s composite southern yellow pine lumber price for the [...]
Posted by Andrew Copley at Forisk Consulting This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2018 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) forecast models, we [...]
Posted by Justin Tyson at Forisk Consulting After yet another consolidating acquisition of southern sawmills, it seems like an opportune moment to review the changing profile of the softwood lumber industry in the U.S. South. At the end of 2008 – [...]