A daily field note for the wood business

What is moving in the woods, at the mill, and around the market.

Woods Run Digest looks beyond the obvious headlines for developments that matter to people working in forestry and forest products: timber sales, delivered wood, mill capacity, procurement, financing, equipment, trucking, biomass, market signals, new publications, and the quieter changes that can matter later.

Latest edition

October 20, 2026

Builder confidence reaches a 14-year low as price concessions spread. Also: weaker printing-writing paper shipments, final Canadian lumber duty reviews, a British Columbia tenure agreement, Florida contracting, Maine mill-community assistance and updated sawmill profiles.

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Coverage

The things most likely to change a decision.

Forestry & Timber

Timber sales, stumpage, delivered-wood prices, logging capacity, forest management, access, procurement, and field operations.

Mills & Markets

Capacity changes, curtailments, expansions, product pricing, investment, acquisitions, financing, and demand signals.

Under the Radar

Useful developments hiding in local papers, agency notices, company releases, equipment channels, service firms, and niche industry sources.

Publications & Tools

New reports, market data, extension guidance, calculators, datasets, manuals, dashboards, research papers, and practical tools.

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The Forest Business School

Woods Run Digest is produced as part of The Forest Business School's work with forestry and forest-products businesses. It favors specific, useful information over generic news aggregation.

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