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Notices and updates this week:
· Arbec Forest Products – SNB Board Contract in Place.
· Arbec scale house curtailment today, Friday, June 20th – July 14th.
· SNB Marketing Board white pine contract with JDI, Doaktown.
o JDI is not yet ready to begin accepting deliveries.
· 11thJDI – SNB Marketing Board Contract has begun.
o SNB Board Contract for white pine.
o JDI sawmills in Chipman and Sussex are now open 24/7.
· 3rdAV – SNB Marketing Board Contract began May 26th. New pricing, see below.
· Woodland Pulp, Mainehas resumedpurchasing hardwood pulpwood direct to the mill. Penobsquis Yard is still curtailed.
· Reminders:
o JDI requesting official producer sign-off in acknowledgement of the new EU deforestation regulation. Please sign promptly before shipping products. AV Nackawic will soon be requesting this as well.
o Ayat Timber International seeking pine. See details below.
Please be advised that the SNB Marketing Board has put in place another Board Contract with Arbec Forest Products.
Arbec will be curtailing all deliveries as of THIS FRIDAY, TODAY, June 20th, 2025, at5:00PM.The scale house will reopen Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 5:30AM.Producer and landowners with product destined for Arbec are strongly encouraged to have the wood trucked before this afternoon.
Click here to see the notice.
Ayat Timber International is seeking pine; Grade 1 ($447.03/mbf) and Grade 2 ($337.03/mbf), paid through the SNB Marketing Board.
Minimum diameter 8” to a maximum of 36” butt.
12’ and 16’ lengths.
Please contact Javed for further specs at (506) 567-8001 and to ensure purchase of the load before cutting.
Ayat Timber produces high quality tongue and groove, shiplap, log siding, red pine flooring and many other custom profiles upon request.
DM Timber Structures is seeking premium grade 1 white pine sawlogs for $567.03/mbf paid through the SNB Marketing Board. Please call Daniel ahead of cutting/shipping at (506) 471-6858.
Length: 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 feet.
Species: White pine only, max 3 weeks old.
Diameter: 10” top under bark, to a maximum 32” butt.
No stain, forks, rot, knot clusters, insect or burn damage. Knots up to a max of 1” and minimal sweep (1” over 10’ length). Self-loaders only.
Woodland Pulp has resumed purchasing hardwood pulpwood direct to the mill. Penobsquis Yard startup is still curtailed.
Limited deliveries available to Arauco. A reminder that they have decreased their price on hardwood pulpwood, effective March 1st, 2025. Please contact the office for the “all-in” price including the fuel surcharge.
The new European Union Deforestation Regulation came into effect December 2024. JDI has recognized the need to have an individual commitment from those who ship wood to JDI mills. AV Nackawic will also soon be requesting a producer recognition of the new regulation. Keep an eye out in future updates for this document.
Producers are asked to sign and date the JDI document and return it to the Marketing Board office at your earliest convenience, before shipping wood from any PID. Producers can also stop into the SNB office for a copy to sign there.This formal notification indicates that the producer has had a conversation with the landowner to understand their long-term plans prior to the harvest and ensures that the wood being harvested will not be from a site being converted from forestland to farm or agriculture land. Do note that this document will need to be signed
If producers have any questions, please call the SNB office.
Click the link hereto see the document.
Note – Although the SNB Marketing Board has recently established a white pine contract with JDI, Doaktown, - JDI is not yet ready to begin accepting deliveries as they are trying to clean up old log inventory from the previous season. JDI indicated this could take 3 to 4 weeks (as of June 13th).
If producers have generated “fallout” pine from road construction, please contact Wendell Munn to see if it can be accommodated.
The SNB Marketing Board – JDI contract has begun. This will be the 11th consecutive contract the Board has had in place. Pricing remains the same as prior to road closure. The contract will continue until the end of September 2025.
Use “SNB Marketing Board – (producer name)” as the contract number when filling out the TC.
Sawmills at Chipman and Sussex are now open for roundwood deliveries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Any split loads with more than one product (example – part load of Sawlogs with a part load of Studwood) must be delivered on Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.JDI advises producers there will be delays at times during the evening and on weekends when security personnel will be making a tour of the site.
The 3rdSNB Marketing Board – AV Nackawic contract began on May 26th, 2025. Please note that AV has implemented a zoned price system based on the county areas (Queens, Kings & St. John) and will continue to offer a variable fuel surcharge.Deliveries to AV have returned to a 24/7.
AV Nackawic informed the Board that they will soon be requesting a producer sign-off on the EUD regulation similar to other mills. Keep an eye out for this in the coming days.
The prices below do not include the additional fuel surcharge.
· Zone 1 – Queens County
o Poplar - $64.41/gmt
o Maple - $67.41/gmt
o Birch - $56.00/gmt
o Biomass – $40.00/gmt
· Zone 2 – Kings & St. John County
o Poplar - $65.60/gmt
o Maple - $69.60/gmt
o Birch - $56.00/gmt
o Biomass – $40.00/gmt
AV has implemented a new pricing system to the contract, including a base delivered wood price, along with a fuel surcharge that fluctuates weekly.
Minimum 3” top, random length 8-18 foot with no forks or dog legs, and absolutely no full 8-foot loads (MAXIMUM 5% under 10-foot).Products must be kept separate but can be brought in on the same truck.
Biomass can be any species, any condition, minimum length 8ft, 3” top minimum.
Trucker key cards for the contract will be available at the scale house. Ensure that the delivered loads are placed under the “SNB Forest Products Marketing Board Contract”, or “SNB Contract”.
Taylor Lumber is purchasing softwood sawlogs at a price of $119.25/gmt to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge).
Specifications on the sawlogs are:
· Minimum of 80% spruce, only 20% or less being balsam fir.
· Lengths: 10’, 12’, 16’ with 6” of trim.
· Diameter minimum 6”, maximum 24”.
· Sweep 1” in 8’, no limbs, butt flares, forks, soft rot, seams or holes, no excessive mud.
Ledwidge is buying studwood at a price of $107.25/gmt delivered to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge).
Specifications on the studwood are:
McMillan Forest Products has curtailed all deliveries of cedar effective March 3rd, 2025.
JDI and the SNB Marketing Board have begun a Board contract for White Pine. JDI is expecting to resume purchasing white pine logs within the coming weeks.
JDI hadcurtailed the purchase of white pine sawlogs effectiveFebruary 14th, 2025.
Effective February 7th, 2025, Delco Forest Products has curtailed all deliveries of studwood due to the looming threat of U.S. tariffs. This is a preventative measure to ensure that if tariffs are put in place, the mill will have their inventory accounted for.
Although Delco has curtailed deliveries, Goguen Lumber will continue to purchase spruce sawlogs. This is due to the fact this wood will remain in Canada to be sold and therefore is not at risk of tariffs.
Currency conversion rates for US markets will remain at1.39%for the week of June 23rd, 2025.
For more information on pricing and specifications, please visit our Market pagehere. Or contact the office at (506) 433-9877 or 433-9866.
SNB Forest Products Marketing Board
PO Box 4969 Sussex, New Brunswick E4E 5L1
Tel: (506) 433-9866 Toll Free: 1-833-500-9866