Historically in mid-June most customers had sourced their solid wood commodity products to satisfy needs for ongoing and upcoming construction projects. Of course, the historical norm has not been evident for the past several years. This year the added burden of continually sharply-rising transportation costs as well as scarcity of trucks and rail cars, made…

June arrived to forest products and building materials industry folks acknowledging the reality of ongoing tight supply. The rapidly increasing transportation costs only made the difficulty of sourcing solid wood products at lower prices more severe. Customers with the mentality of prior economics found themselves stymied by sellers who refused even small counter-offers. As sawmill…

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As forest industry folks returned to their desks following the respective Canadian and US May long weekends, sentiment remained cautious. The ongoing practice of hand-to-mouth business continued. Customers saw no reason to stock lumber inventory, placing orders for only the wood they knew they had immediate needs for. In view of that, suppliers kept manufacturing…

As the calendar turned to the week between the Canadian and US respective May long weekends, most lumber prices remained generally flat. After a sizeable run-up earlier this year, Southern Yellow Pine East side 2×4 prices corrected all the way back down to where it had been in January and February. For its part, benchmark…

There was no sense of urgency in the week prior to Canada’s May long weekend, with the US heading into theirs the following weekend. While lumber sales were proceeding at nominal volumes, there remained external factors causing issues. Specifically deliveries were a big uncertainty, both in regard to sourcing trucks and rail cars and with…

The dual mid-May long weekends in Canada and the US provided a break for North America lumber sales. Top of everyone’s minds was delivery; freight charges and tight supply of trucks and rail cars. Conversations swirled about where was wood previously ordered in the supply chain, and what was the expected date of that arrival.…

As May dawned most players in the North America lumber industry remained firmly on the side of caution. While there was a welcome increase in lumber demand since April, most prices remained flat. Sales volumes continued to be lower than was the busy spring season historically. Inventories of solid wood material throughout the supply chain…