Market Report: Engineered Wood and Housing Starts
This year, U.S. housing starts are anticipated to be up four percent to 1.67 million starts. Housing permits are...
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Timber Update: Salvage Logging, Weather, and Regulations
The Freres Timber Department has come out of the gates at full speed through the short days and seemingly...
March Market Update: The Ukraine-Russia War
Since the start of the Ukraine-Russia war, most buyers have turned cautious and bought for immediate needs. Who can...
Market Report: Oriented Strand Board vs. Plywood
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) prices have been consistently above plywood prices the last couple of weeks. This seems like...
Mass Timber in a Single-Building System
What is going on at Oregon State’s Advanced Wood Product Testing Lab? Mass Ply Panels (MPP) have debuted in...
February Market Update: OSB Supply and the Plywood Market
The commodity panel markets have come alive over the past three weeks, led by OSB supply tightness due to...
February Market Report: Disrupted Supply Chains and the Panel Market
The November and December run up in panel prices began as landslides and inclement weather disrupted supply chains...
January Market Update: Commodity Plywood Markets Grind Higher
Prices continue to grind higher in the commodity plywood markets, with uneven participation, during the first three weeks of...
The Future of Industrial Matting is Here
Construction crews no longer have to hassle with industrial timber mats that need to be bolted together or require...
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