The most-active lumber futures contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is almost 50 per cent below last month’s record high of US$1,733.50 per 1,000 board feet. Spurred sharply higher by strong home building.

You may not be familiar with E+E Elektronik if you dry lumber, but they may be an integral part of your lumber drying operations. The Austrian company, which has operations in the U.S., received its first requests for reliable sensors.

Softwood lumber has been in high demand in the US and Europe throughout 2021. The limited supply resulted in temporary price surges to record high levels during the spring, followed by substantial declines in early summer.

Join the biggest names in the business in person this August at the Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition (EXPO), sponsored by the Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA).

Is your saw fitting correctly on the arbor/sleeve? We, as an industry leader, are always looking for a better way to accurately establish measured standards that will determine when a part, such as an arbor or arbor sleeve, needs replacing.

Wood Resources International Market Insights, June 2021: The Global Forest Industry This Quarter

FWPA has commissioned an economic analysis to better understand the potential carbon dioxide emissions abatement associated with the use of more wood in construction, as opposed to alternatives such as concrete and/or steel, under a number of different scenarios.

Mass timber has come a long way since the first two Canadian plants in Quebec and B.C. established cross-laminated timber production lines more than a decade ago.

Sustainable wood is a renewable material which if responsibly sourced can contribute to a resilient planet, reduce deforestation and ecosystem degradation, while providing for livelihoods, including those of indigenous peoples...

Increased demand for hardwood fiber in key pulp-producing countries and a weaker US dollar resulted in higher hardwood pulplogs prices in the 4Q/20. The Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) was up 1.4%