Author: kkosman

  • Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Recent and Historical Highs: Sept 25, 2018

    There was quite a price correction for almost all North American softwood lumber and panel commodities last week, as the producer advantage through most of this year evaporated and a more normal seasonal supply-demand balance was restored. While customers were still interested in buying wood, generally their inventory needs for remaining 2018 construction projects have…

  • Madison’s Lumber Prices via SilvaStat360: Individual Screen Demo

    Madison’s Lumber Prices via SilvaStat360: Individual Screen Demo   DIRECTLY access the Madison’s dashboard https://silvastat360.forest2market.com/madisons/ Log in:  •   Click “Forgot your password?”. A temporary password will be sent to your email address. You can return to the sign in screen as soon as you are prompted to do so. •   Sign in by using that same email address as your user name…

  • Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Continued 100% Sole Ownership in Canada

    This is just a reminder, as we have been hearing rumours and people are asking questions, that Madison’s is still 100% independently-owned and operated. And is still 100% Canadian. Since 1952, Madison’s Lumber Reporter has been owned — in sequence — by three different people, each as Sole Proprietor: Peter Madison, Owner 1952 – 1973…

  • Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Recent and Historical Highs

    As the North American softwood lumber market settled into “normal” — whatever the new normal is, we are still discovering that — prices on various construction framing commodities adjusted according to new production practices at sawmills and new buying habits of customers. One plain example of this is big drops in #3/Utility and #4/Economy prices…

  • US Storm Causes Closure of Pulp Mills, Sawmills

    Hurricane Florence forced lumber sawmills and paper mills in the Carolinas to close temporarily as strong winds and a deluge of rain hit the coast, said Bloomberg Friday. Producers are racing to secure equipment and sites as Florence makes landfall, said Ewell Smith, executive director of the Carolina Loggers Association to Bloomberg. Companies from Domtar…