Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • L and S Lumber Closes

    A long time Nova Scotia sawmill has shut its doors, according to Atlantic Farm Focus Thursday. L and S Lumber in Caledonia, once known as NF Douglas Lumber, ceased operations April 7. The sawmill has many years of history behind it, operating formerly as the NF Douglas sawmill from the late 1800’s until it was…

  • US Real Estate

    A report April 11 from Zelman & Associates said it the analyst firm now expected a 5 per cent drop in sales of previously owned homes in America for 2014, to a seasonally adjusted annual level of 4.8 million units. At the start of this year, the firm had forecast nearly a 6 per cent…

  • Lumber News Archives: November 2013

      Timberland Management: Governments ; The Canadian lumber industry : 2012 ; Lumber Prices in China ; Lumber Yard Fatality ; Canada, US Trade Balance ; Canada’s Manufacturing Survey ; Housing Affordability, US ; Associated Hardwoods Builds Sawmill ;Trade Agreements and Tarriffs ; USDA to Fund Biomass Fuel Research ; Housing Starts, Canada ; Japan…

  • Lumber News Archives: December 2013

    Industrial Biomaterials Programs ; Logging Truck Accidents ; Housing Starts, Canada ; US Home Foreclosures, FHA Budget Shortfall US Construction, Housing ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; State of Canada’s Forests Report 2013 ; Japan Housing Starts ; Sawmill Fire Quickly Contained ; Canada Building Permits ; Trade Surplus, Canada EUTR Update ; Madison’s Announces .…

  • Lumber News Archives: Oct 2013

    Illegal Timber Harvesting ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; CN Rail Labour Contract Talks Stall ; UK Timber Shortage ; US Builder Confidence : October 2013 ; Oregon’s Forestry Employment ; Large Timberland Sale Politics and Lumber Exports ; Labour Negotiations Move to Southern Interior ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan ; 2013 US…