Add that right now there's a timber shortage (insurance costs are spiking recently for that reason), and it's probably not helping.
The land value is the most actionable problem, but it doesn't solve everything.
Add that right now there's a timber shortage (insurance costs are spiking recently for that reason), and it's probably not helping.
The land value is the most actionable problem, but it doesn't solve everything.
Local small players, boutique mills if you will, can't even buy logs because the lots of logs that are put up for sale are so big only container-ship scale buyers are in the game.
I am 100% against exporting whole logs, we have lost so many jobs in the mills and supporting the mills.
But I wouldn't be surprised if the reason boutique mills can't buy logs as easily is because there are contractual agreements with larger suppliers. That isn't really anything new in any industry... guess you need the government to step in to prevent that.