The North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market maintained a holding pattern at the beginning of February. As quite harsh weather continued in many parts of Canada and the US, the focus was on transportation delays. Customers waited for shipment of solid wood products already ordered which were slowly moving somewhere along the supply…

The ample volumes of residual forest fibre energy available across North America is evidenced by the increasing number and ferocity of wildfires in the US and Canada Recently Madison’s had the opportunity to visit the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship’s Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Academy, based at the Alex Fraser…

As January came to a close the impediment of very harsh winter weather kept sales of construction framing dimension softwood lumber items slow. It was more a matter of transportation issues than a drop in demand. Some orders were booked at prices similar to the previous week, but most communication was about organizing deliveries on…

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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…