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By Lauren Grand, OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources, Lane County  As fall begins, log prices in Lane and Douglas counties reflect ongoing supply and market challenges.  The critical factor driving these prices is an oversupply of small-diameter logs, creating … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources, Lane County  Keeping consistent with normal trends, this summer’s prices are already decreasing. Small-diameter wood is abundant because of access, the ice storm, and two small log mills closing in the … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources, Lane County This time of year is usually when prices are moving upward into the springtime, but this year isn’t following suit. This is likely a result of a few things … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources, Lane County The lumber market hasn’t perked up just yet and with prices being low many mills and yards are relying heavily on their inventory or taking some down time as … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Extension Agent serving Lane County I feel like this is the first time, in a long time, that I’m reporting a normal summer. Prices are holding steady and despite the fires … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Extension Agent serving Lane County We are coming up on spring and that means summer is just around the corner. If you are thinking about a harvest this summer, it is … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Extension Agent serving Lane County Log buyers are actively looking for wood right now and while prices aren’t where they were last winter, they are certainly good and on par with … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Extension Agent serving Lane County Prices are continuing to be good and even increase slightly this summer. Normally I’d have the inclination to say, “we are flying high on increasing prices … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Extension Agent serving Lane County We are still seeing a lot of action as we move into summer with prices coming back to our new normal. While prices have come down … Continue reading →

By Lauren Grand, OSU Extension Forestry & Natural Resources, Lane County Prices skyrocketed last month with Douglas-fir peaking at $1650 per thousand board feet in the Eugene/Springfield area. Did your mouth just fall open? Mine did! That is an amazing … Continue reading →