by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Columns, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
By Dana Lee Cole The year — from a tax policy perspective — started out really well. In a rare show of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H.R. 7024-the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The vote was 357-70. To summarize,...
by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Feature Stories, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
By Scott Dalton “When I was younger, I didn’t think about joining the company all that much. After high school, I just started working with dad more and it took off and went. In our particular case, I would work here in the shop doing the pallet lumber and my dad...
by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Columns, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
Showcasing underutilized American Red Oak and low-grade Cherry, AHEC hosted two projects at the leading edge Clerkenwell Design Week festival in the UK recently. By Michael Snow Dedicated to championing the sustainable use of timber in design and architecture, the...
by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Columns, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
By Ian Faight In late May, more than 60 representatives from our industry convened in Washington, DC, to let our collective voice be heard on Capitol Hill during the Hardwood Federation’s Fly-In. We joined together to tell our industry’s stories; share issues that are...
by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Business Trends, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
Throughout the Lake States region lumber sources that were contacted all agreed that their markets had its strong points and its weak ones, too. In Michigan a lumberman said, at the time of this writing, that while his sales are about where they were six months ago,...
by ssbhayani | Jul 2, 2024 | #softwoodlumberbuyer, Business Trends, Industry News, National Hardwood Magazine
Across the Northeast region, lumber sources provided varied responses but the majority, at the time of this writing, claim that there is an uptick in sales. In Pennsylvania, a concentration yard representative said that his sales have been mediocre but that “things...