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The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending may 9, 2025 is: US$470 mfbM The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending May 9, 2025 is: US$470 mfbm.This is down -5%, or -$26, from the previous week when it was US$496.This is down -8%, or -$43, from one month ago when it was…

snippets from recent issue of the *fabulous* madison’s Sawmill Curtailment Lookout . . . Canadian Wood Council Unveils Five New Environmental Product DeclarationsCanadian Wood Council unveiled five new Environmental Product Declarations for Canadian softwood lumber, OSB, plywood, trusses, and prefabricated wood I-joists. According to CWC, the declarations provide environmental data on the potential impacts associated…

snippets from recent issue of the *fabulous* madison’s BC Coast logs report . . . The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending march 28, 2025 is: US$567 mfbM The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending March 28, 2025 is: US$567 mfbmThis is up +1%, or +$3, from the previous week when…

As April waned and talk of potential tariffs on Canadian lumber entering the US faded, prices of North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber settled down to proper levels given existing supply-demand conditions. The fact that demand remained quite soft, particularly for the time of year when new home building normally would be increasing, was…

snippets from recent issue of the *fabulous* madison’s wood pellets report . . . By: Earl Heath, Madison’s Pellet Report Editor BC Startup Turns Wood Waste into Biochar Salmon Arm, BC-based SilvaChar Environmental Inc. has been converting wood waste residue into biochar since July of last year, creating a valuable agricultural amendment product out of…