Dr. Stuart Moss Joins FORECON!
Admin 2019-11-21T02:44:53+00:00FORECON is very pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Stuart Alan Moss as our Regional Office Manager for the company’s Oak Hill, West Virginia office. In this position, Stuart […]
New Grant to Continue to Pursue Hardwood Lumber for CLT
Admin 2019-11-19T04:07:55+00:00(September 17, 2019)
The market for CLT (Cross-Laminated Timber) panels in the US is expected to reach over two million m3 in the next ten years. The current manufacturing capacity in […]
Six Reasons It’s a Great Time to Buy Hardwood Lumber
Admin 2019-11-19T04:07:50+00:00History Suggests Price Increases in 2020
Prices for several species of hardwood lumber from North America have fallen rapidly since last summer, coinciding with the implementation of tariffs on hardwood lumber […]
New Disease Killing American Beech Trees
hazen 2019-11-05T03:14:20+00:00Beach leaf disease (BLD)
Worry is spreading among scientists throughout the Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York region. A new disease is killing American beech trees. Beech leaf disease was first spotted […]
Market Update as of October 30, 2019
hazen 2019-11-06T01:42:58+00:00US-China Trade/Tariff Update
After a short hiatus we are happy to get back to reporting on hardwood lumber trends within our operating regions of New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The […]
Titusville, PA Office Marks Over 800,000 Board Feet in 2 Days!
hazen 2019-11-06T01:45:09+00:00The FORECON office in Titusville, PA has been BUSY. While the office has been growing and taking on new work over the past year and a half, this October brought an especially busy set of days. In mid-October, the entire office pitched in to help mark 2 timber sale projects totaling over 100 acres which included 812,000 board feet! Great Job Titusville!
FORECON’s Karlie Sherman Discusses the Connection Between Spotted Lantern Fly and Tree of Heaven
hazen 2019-09-14T20:00:11+00:00It is not news that Northeastern forests are experiencing threats from a range of invasive insect and plant species. While the Emerald Ash Borer has received the lion’s share of […]
Our Other Export Markets
hazen 2019-09-14T19:10:31+00:00There’s been a lot of talk about China these days and understandably so. Recent stock market swings have been the most sensitive to trade talks and tariff calls between the […]