Woodland News

Since early March of 2021, we began witnessing a resurgence in interest/demand for hardwood timber sales in our operating area. 

Did ya miss us? 😊 It’s been quite a while since we’ve published a lumber market update. 

This past summer, elevated populations of gypsy moth caterpillars caused noticeable leaf damage across New York State and northwestern Pennsylvania.  Gypsy moth caterpillars have the ability to kill a variety of valuable trees if left unchecked.

Many invasive species active within our communities today were introduced to the region decades ago through commercial ventures designed to improve or change some aspect of particular industry.

Government data shows private working forests provide 72% of gross annual sequestration and more than half of our nation's forest carbon storage.

We have some additional good news to report regarding the future of hardwood markets – the exclusion to tariffs that were originally put in place by China on their imports of US hardwood products were extended once again. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing up to $200 million to provide relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that have experienced losses due to COVID-19 as part of USDA’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative.

In one of our latest blog posts titled “Hardwood Lumber Market Update – April 30, 2021”, we cited our main source of information incorrectly and want to apologize to the reader and the source for this oversight.

There is currently very active demand for a variety of hardwood lumber, with a common theme being that prices are up and inventories are down, and in some cases planned deliveries are running weeks behind due to several reasons, including a continued shortage of trucking and labor in general.

In honor and memory of our founder, Curt Bauer, FORECON established the Bauer-FORECON Scholarship Fund in 2004.