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 – [...]
Posted by Joe Clark at forest2market.com Southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber prices are at record highs. While this trend is benefitting southern sawmills, many timberland owners operating in the US South are asking the obvious question: Why are log prices [...]
Posted by Brooks Mendell at forisk.com In our work over the years, we have come to learn that markets, like individuals, have “personalities” and capacities that “change” over time. For example, when fully rested and prepared, I can teach or write [...]
Posted by Carrie Dungan at The News & Advance APPOMATTOX — As the sun rose over a tract of Appomattox County farmland Thursday, Glenn Dye kept a keen eye on the GPS system in his tractor as it steered itself [...]
Richmond, VA – April 27, 2018 – Commonwealth Land is pleased to report this week's completed transactions. Randy Stauffer purchased 49.23 acres at Cedar Point Road & Folly Neck Road in Richmond County for $141,000. Randy Cosby and Chris Jenkins [...]
Posted by Paula C. Squires at Virginia Business Commonwealth Commercial Partners (CCP) in Henrico County has expanded its Rural Land Team by creating a subsidiary designed to meet the needs of rural land buyers and sellers. The company has hired [...]
Posted by Gregory J. Gilligan at Richmond Times-Dispatch Commercial real estate firm Commonwealth Commercial Partners has branched out again. The Henrico County-based company has taken its rural land team and created a new subsidiary to better meet the needs of [...]