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Year End Lumber Market Analysis

Year End Lumber Market Analysis

As the year concludes, the lumber market demonstrates a blend of stability, cautious optimism, and strategic considerations influenced by both market and seasonal dynamics.

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Trio’s Toy Drive is in Full Swing

Trio’s Toy Drive is in Full Swing

There’s still time to be a part of Trio’s Toy Drive this Holiday Season! Partner with Trio to drop off a toy to our office or make a quick cash donation to Trio’s St. Vincent De Paul Toy Drive site.

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Analyzing the Lumber Market’s Holding Pattern

Analyzing the Lumber Market’s Holding Pattern

Your teams Lumber Purchasing Playbook can call plays based on a safe approach by purchasing lumber now (like kicking a field goal) or a game winning touchdown approach, wait and see what the market will bring (like going for the fourth down). You make the call coach! Keep reading to help determine your teams next play!

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Lumber Traders Seek Solace: October 2022

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Lumber Traders Seek Solace for Anticipated Year End Results 

Mill Strikes, Doug Fir Production Slows and Anticipated Curtailments are Announced

Weyerhaeuser Workers Strike Winds Down

After six straight weeks of striking, Weyerhaeuser reached a successful resolution of a work stoppage in Oregon and Washington.  Read more here

Doug Fir Production Slows 

Buyers scramble for Doug Fir as supply becomes limited due to a combination of the Weyerhaeuser mills strike and Canadian mills choosing to run Spruce instead of Doug Fir. Low supply results in an upward shift in Doug Fir prices (if you can even acquire any). 

Source: Random Lengths, used here with permission granted by the publisher.