Category: Lumber News

  • Madison’s *new* Sawmill Curtailment Lookout

    Get the word on North American sawmill downtime, curtailments, labour issues, fires, and restarts! Delivered monthly directly to your inbox every month: FULL ISSUE: https://madisonsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MadisonsSawmillLookout_2022-march.pdf This brand-new product will be distributed monthly to subscribers. For three months (until June) we will be sending it out for free. CONTACT our office now to be added to…

  • Madison’s Softwood Lumber Prices March 24: sneak preview

    Here is a SNEAK PEAK at tomorrow’s Madison’s Lumber Reporter print for North American construction framing softwood lumber prices: Madison’s is your premiere source for North America home building construction framing softwood lumber news, prices, industry insight, and industry contacts. We have a variety of products to meet your information needs. The full Madison’s Lumber…

  • Equitable Supply-Demand Balance Flattens Lumber Prices

    Some crazy weeks on the Futures Board created uncertainty but as March carried on cash (or print) prices flattened out. Industry players hoped a balance of supply and demand has been reached, so price volatility settles down and true volumes of lumber are sold into this spring. The inventory of homes on the market continued…

  • US Housing Starts February and Softwood Lumber Prices March: 2022

    Into the month of March, lumber industry players hoped a balance of supply and demand had been reached, so price volatility settles down and true volumes of lumber are sold this spring. The inventory of homes on the market continued extremely tight, as many multiples of buyers showed interest in each single listing. Thus as…

  • Further Rise of Lumber Prices

    Still hot demand and relentless delivery delays served to pop up lumber prices yet higher. Buyers scoured their supplier contacts for anyone who might have the wood they need on hand at acceptable price levels. Inventories throughout the supply chain remained low to non-existent. A lot of time continued to be spent searching out the…