(Bloomberg) -- The US and Canada are fighting about lumber once again. The neighbors have feuded over softwood lumber from fast-growing coniferous trees since the 1980s. The US has periodically put in ...
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Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building ...
The U.S. construction market consumes at least 50 billion board feet of lumber annually, but domestic production meets only 70% of that demand. The U.S. closes the gap by importing the rest, mainly ...
April 4 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday announced will allow logging in national forests, which will help spur timber production amid reciprocal tariffs on other nations. A memo ...
NAHB champions, would do nothing to actually address the important issue of housing affordability while simultaneously harming U.S. softwood lumber producers, U.S. forestry workers, and sadly all U.S.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower than their 1995 average, adjusted ...
WATERS: And have -- reclaiming my time. You don't get to talk. BESSENT: Lumber [is] at a 5 year low congresswoman. WATERS: Reclaiming my time. BESSENT: Then let's just have the fact ma'am." Source: ...