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UGA Center for Forest Business Timberland Conference 2015
Read more: UGA Center for Forest Business Timberland Conference 2015At the end of February the University of Georgia Center for Forest Business held its prestigious timberland investment conference on Amelia Island, FL, which happens every two years. Subject matter and attendance ranged from timber and lumber finance to tree breeding, from appraisers of all kinds to land investors, and everything in between. Timber-growing regions…
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Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: March 6 ’15
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: March 6 ’15KD Fir Ordeal Dry fir traders observed another indeterminate week, as they waited for some constancy to appear in this wonky market. Pricing was a day-to-day, producer-to-producer affair. Even though demand in many key regions was nonexistent, mills will likely continue to produce more than necessary simply because logs are cheap and readily available. Following…
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Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: March 6 ’15
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: March 6 ’15KD Fir Ordeal Dry fir traders observed another indeterminate week, as they waited for some constancy to appear in this wonky market. Pricing was a day-to-day, producer-to-producer affair. Even though demand in many key regions was nonexistent, mills will likely continue to produce more than necessary simply because logs are cheap and readily available. Following…
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Global Pulp Market Update
Read more: Global Pulp Market UpdateMark Wilde, formerly of Deutsche Bank, now Packaging & Forest Products Analyst at BMO Capital Markets, this week held a conference call on the global pulp market with fuest speaker Brian McClay, principal at Brian McClay & Associates out of Montreal, QC. This week Mark Wilde, formerly of Deutsche Bank, now Packaging & Forest Products…
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Canfor Canal Flats, BC, Lays off 81
Read more: Canfor Canal Flats, BC, Lays off 81Canfor, headquartered in Vancouver, BC, February 5 announced to their Canal Flats, BC, employees that the mill would be going from two shifts to one affecting 81 employees due to lack of economically available fibre effective May 4, 2015. Doug Singer, President of United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in Cranbrook, BC, told the Kootenay Advisor, “This…
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British Columbia Sawmill Dust Control
Read more: British Columbia Sawmill Dust ControlWorkSafeBC now has new powers to shut down workplaces, impose penalties on the spot, collect evidence, and compel payment of fines against employers who don’t comply with safety rules. WorkSafeBC has been overhauling investigation and inspection methods after flawed techniques were cited by the Crown for its decision not to lay criminal charges in both…
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US Leading Economic Index: January 2015
Read more: US Leading Economic Index: January 2015Suggesting a positive short-term outlook, the Conference Board released a report Thursday showing a modest increase by its index of leading US economic indicators in the month of January. The Conference Board said the leading economic index edged up by 0.2 per cent in January following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent increase in December.…
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Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates, US
Read more: Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Rates, USThe delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.68 per cent of all loans outstanding at the end of 4Q 2014, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association Wednesday. The delinquency rate for mortgage loans was the lowest level since 3Q 2007. The delinquency rate decreased 17…
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US Southern Pine, Hardwood Lumber Exports: 2014
Read more: US Southern Pine, Hardwood Lumber Exports: 2014Southern Pine lumber exports finished 2014 at a record volume of just over 552 mmbf, a jump of 17 per cent above the 2013 export total, said the Southern Forest Products Association Friday. Southern Pine lumber exports have more than doubled in the past five years, the agency said. Meanwhile, US exports of hardwood lumber…
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US New and Pending Homes Sales: January 2015
Read more: US New and Pending Homes Sales: January 2015The US Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales of new homes in January dipped 0.2 per cent to 481,000 units. The January 2015 pace of new home sales in the US, released by the Census Department Wednesday, was 5.3 per cent higher than the sales rate recorded in January 2014. Total inventory was 218,000, seasonally…
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Northwest Hardwoods Acquires
Read more: Northwest Hardwoods AcquiresNorthwest Hardwoods, out of Longview, WA, has completed the acquisition of Industrial Timber & Lumber, based in Beachwood, OH. ITL is one of the largest global suppliers of North American hardwood. It sells over 200 million board feet of hardwood lumber annually and has approximately 400 employees. ITL owns two integrated sawmills, four concentration yards…
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Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: Feb 27 ’15
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Construction Framing Lumber Prices Update: Feb 27 ’15check it out . . . http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/lumber-prices/ also check out . . . http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/lumber-prices/lumber-price-graphs/
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Canada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Volumes & Values
Read more: Canada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Volumes & ValuesCanada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Vols & Vals from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Canada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Volumes & Values
Read more: Canada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Volumes & ValuesCanada Lumber Sales & Exports 2014: Vols & Vals from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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US Architecture Billings Index
Read more: US Architecture Billings IndexAfter nine consecutive months of growth, January’s Architecture Billing Index (ABI) reported a “softening” in US design activity. According to the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the January ABI score was 49.9, down from a mark of 52.7 in December. This score reflects a “very modest decrease” in design services (any score above 50 indicates…
