by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
Forest2Markets — After inching up in 1Q2020, the southern timber market reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic (and related shutdown of the global economy) like most commodities markets during 2Q, and prices dropped pretty much across the board. The weighted average...
by Working Forest | Sep 8, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
CALGARY, The Canadian Press — Record high prices for lumber and construction paneling are creating a resource revenue boost for the coffers of the Alberta government, partly making up for huge declines in oil and gas returns. Coniferous stumpage fees — paid by...
by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archives
STOCKHOLM, PRNewswire/Wood Resources International LLC — The log market in Germany has been extremely volatile in the first half of 2020, with high demand from the export market and a tight supply of fresh green logs. When the Coronavirus Epidemic forced...
by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
FLINT, Texas, CBS NEWS — The home construction boom in East Texas is now at a standstill. The cost of lumber has skyrocketed, so local builders believe doing nothing is the best course of action. In the middle of June, lumber was selling for about $360 per thousand...
by Working Forest | Sep 7, 2020 | Archives
WIRED — SINCE 1980, The University of Tennessee’s Forensic Anthropology Center has plumbed the depths of the most macabre of sciences: the decomposition of human bodies. Known colloquially as the Body Farm, here scientists examine how donated cadavers decay,...
