Dec 21, 2018
Highlights of the Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Markets – as of November 30, 2018
The G-20 Summit and meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China has taken place.
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Dec 21, 2018
We Like Trees – Stocks, Maybe Not So Much (at least not at this particular moment)
I suppose it no surprise that, at FORECON, we really like trees.
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Nov 17, 2018
Bid Sales Still Perform Well in Periods of Market Decline
We’ve seen an active hardwood market this year, both in terms of ups and downs.
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Oct 31, 2018
FORECON Helps Control Forest Health: Hack’n Squirt stem treatment technique
There are multiple factors, often occurring at the same time, affecting the health and diversity of our timberland forests: from insects and deer, to viral and fungal pathogens, our forests incur and adapt to various biological and environmental stresses.
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Oct 31, 2018
Snapshot of Hardwood Lumber Consumption by Major US Markets
As we continue to wade through the current trade talks/tariff issues between the US and other nations – particularly China as related to our US hardwood exports, we thought it’d be interesting to show how demand for various hardwood products has changed over the period from 2010 through 2018 (numbers for 2018 have been annualized from mid-year totals).
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Oct 31, 2018
Highlights of the Appalachian Hardwood Timber Markets – as of October 18, 2018
Well, I guess in some ways we are still “waiting and seeing” how the continuing trade/tariff issues will affect our hardwood logs and lumber markets.
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Sep 25, 2018
Highlights of the Appalachian Hardwood Timber Markets – as of September 14, 2018
We’ve seen some definite shifts in demand and consequently value for several of our most popular hardwood species over the last couple of months.
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Sep 25, 2018
Is A New Market for Hardwoods Coming Our Way?
We have always been blessed to have the species and quality of timber that we do in our region (Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia).
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Aug 2, 2018
Highlights of the Appalachian Hardwood Timber Markets – as of July 30, 2018
Several hardwood species have seen some downward lumber price movement since our Market Update several weeks ago.
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Aug 2, 2018
Results Continue to Show Benefit of Selling Timber through Bid Process
Though very recent news is saying that hardwood markets are throttling back a little, we have seen continued success for our clients using the competitive bid sale process to sell their timber.
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