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Sawmill Sale
Anthony Timberlands, out of Bearden, AR, has contracted to purchase the Watson Sawmill Company hardwood sawmill and chip mill facility in Mount Holly, according to the Magnolia Reporter August 24. The purchase price was not disclosed. The mill employs about 70 people “The Watson mill is a modern, state of the art, facility in all respects,”…
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Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Recent and Historical Highs: August 27, 2018
This week the North American softwood lumber market “settled down” (to use that term lightly) from the wild swings of the past couple of months. Supply was carefully assessed as field inventories were well-stocked but also wood kept going out the door. A more accurate sawmill order file than the previous few weeks was pegged…
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US Softwood Lumber Production up Almost 6% From Last Year
Sawmills in the United States produced 14.752 billion board feet (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first five months of 2018, a +5.9% increase from output of 13.937 bbf in the same period last year, said the latest Western Wood Products Association Lumber Track report. Western US sawmills accounted for 6.180 bbf to the five-month…
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US New Home Sales, Real Estate, Housing Crash
Contracts for new, single-family home sales in the United States declined in July, falling -1.7% to a 627,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate according to estimates from the joint release of HUD and the Census Bureau today. The decline came off an upwardly revised June estimate, which was increased from an initial reading of 631,000 to a new estimate…
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North America Wildfires
CANADA: British Coumbia Wildfires Home / Public Safety & Emergency Services / Wildfire Status / Wildfire Statistics / Current Statistics Current Statistics Aug 21, 2018 TOTAL Coa NW PG Kam SE Car New Lightning-Caused Fires 7 1 0 0 1 3 2 New Human-Caused Fires 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 Total Fires to Date (current fiscal…
