As January marched onward and new business for 2026 got going after the annual Holiday break, lumber prices increased slightly from the usual seasonal lows of year-end. Current levels were quite close to the beginning of both last year and 2024, providing good stability of price trends. This meant industry folks could better plan for…

Among forest industry players, all eyes were on the looming spring building even as sentiment continued very cautious. However extremely lean field inventories, an ongoing condition for about two years, remained. Sawmill kept manufacturing volumes low, waiting for when demand will actually increase before ramping up production. While prices on several commodity groups rose, this…

This New Year started with lumber prices very close to levels for the same week last year and in 2024. The annual seasonal price trend lines have returned to similar range of 2019 and prior; in 2025 the spread between high and low was US$170 mfbm. Now that the extreme volatility of 2020 to 2022…

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As is usual for the winter season, in mid-December lumber prices dropped to their lowest of the year. These levels, however, were quite close to where they were at the same time last year — or the year before, depending on the commodity. Despite the quite tumultuous year of on-again/off-again announcements from political leaders, the…

There were no surprises for lumber industry players as December dawned. Even with so many sawmill curtailments — to ensure supply did not crest demand — lumber prices fell slightly on the usual seasonal slowdown. Across North America the lumber producers had booked production through to the Holiday break. As such, some commercial buyers tested…

Log exports from Canada dropped -15% so far this year compared to 2024, while lumber exports rose +1.6%. Total log exports from Canada to the world for January to August this year were C$249 million, compared to C$293 million for the same time in 2024. Deep Dive Into the Data: Canadian lumber exports to USA…

Log exports from USA to the world dropped -27% so far this year compared to 2024, and lumber exports fell almost -9%. Total log exports from USA to the world were US$347 million for the first eight months of 2025, compared to US$474 million last year. Deep Dive Into the Data: US lumber exports to…

In advance of the big US Thanksgiving holiday, the last week of November proved to have uninspiring lumber sales; at best. Most folks were more interested in the upcoming break than focussing on business. This, especially considering demand has been so soft since the end of summer. The lumber sales transactions that did occur were,…