National Association of Homebuilders chairman Jerry Konter urged the Biden administration to increase domestic production of timber from federal lands and to work with Canada on a new softwood lumber agreement that will eliminate tariffs during a virtual White House listening session last week on resolving the lumber and building material supply chain crisis. “Historically […]

The latest Wood Markets annual survey of the top 20 Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers shows an uneven trend across North America for 2012: U.S. softwood lumber production increased 6.3 percent to 28.5 billion bf, whereas Canadian production increased only 0.4 percent to 22.6 billion bf. Rapidly increasing demand outpaced mill output in 2012, […]

The new survey of Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers shows an uneven trend across North America during 2012. According to the study, U.S. softwood lumber production increased by 6.3 percent, while Canadian production saw only a 0.4-percent increase. The top 20 for each country were surveyed. Findings show the top 20 U.S. companies rose […]