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  • North America Timber Update and Forecast

    The latest data and analyses for North America timber usage is contradictory enough without a constantly changing landscape subject to politics and evolving title rights. Please see Page 7 for what happened in Québec this week with First Nations resource rights. Conference Board of Canada Otherwise, the Conference Board of Canada this week released a…

  • North America Log and Lumber Markets

    A spurt of talk in the past few days about lumber market recovery / not yet recovery prompted Madison’s to do a Round Up Update for North American log and lumber data: Said the Vancouver Sun Tuesday, “The key commodity price for 1,000 board feet of western spruce, pine or fir 2X4s, as reported by…

  • Madison’s Weekly Dimension Lumber Prices Update: June 2015

    PRICES REFLECT June 19, 2015 ISSUE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER Kiln-Dried Fir Whirlwind Savvy wholesalers and distributers who loaded up on KD fir lumber when prices were down jumped for joy this week. The current scarcity of dry fir only seems to be worsening, and asking prices among both primary and secondary suppliers have increased…

  • North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/19

    June 19, 2015: #LUMBER PRICES 06/19: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$300 mfbm (+$6); WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $305 (+$10); Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $337 (+$17); OSB ON 7/16″ C$237 msf (+$2) (net FOB mill) North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/19

  • North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/19

    June 19, 2015: #LUMBER PRICES 06/19: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$300 mfbm (+$6); WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $305 (+$10); Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $337 (+$17); OSB ON 7/16″ C$237 msf (+$2) (net FOB mill) North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/19