Worldwide demand for North American hardwoods climbed faster than supply in October. Many concentration yards were low on both kiln-dried lumber to sell and green lumber to put in dry kilns. The sales ...

Lumber prices that have dropped more than 20% over the past month are prompting one of North America's largest producers to throttle back output by 12%. Interfor said Thursday that it would reduce ...

One of North America's largest lumber producers said it would reduce output by at least 15% for the rest of 2024, increasing curtailments it made earlier this year amid tumbling demand and prices for ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada's worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and setting production back for months just as ...

Sawmills in all producing regions reported rising timber and log prices. “There is no economic sense to timber prices,” said one mill owner in the Upper Midwest. Another in the Carolinas said log ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs have caused a rise in lumber prices, which homebuilders have warned will increase construction costs and translate into more expensive housing for U.S. consumers.

The Sawmill Museum in Clinton needs durable regional hardwood lumber as part of a large-scale outdoor exhibit for an upcoming ...

Lumber prices skyrocketed during the pandemic, but returned to normal levels as housing demand cooled Construction is the primary demand input for softwood lumber in the United States, making housing ...

The two hunks of wood in Richard Kimbrell’s hands are so weathered, so fragmented, so eaten by insects or worms that they’re fraying apart in long splinters. But he sees something, when he holds them ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - Clinton was once known as the lumber capital of the world, and the Sawmill Museum on the banks of the Mississippi River keeps that history alive for visitors. Museum director ...