Weekly Newsletter Update

This week in markets: 

• Holiday hours for SNB Office & mills. 
• 17th SNB & JDI Contract has begun. 
• Board Contract for 8-foot poplar to Louisiana Pacific. New fuel surcharge added. 
• Board Contract with Arbec begins November 1st, limited deliveries, producers please call for approval before shipping. 
• Woodland Pulp, Maine purchasing hardwood pulpwood to limited quotas, 10% poplar per load. 
• Small Mill Markets, (producers paid through the Marketing Board): 
• Randy MacNichol, Route 106 Salisbury, seeking hemlock and hardwood logs for their fall/winter inventory – (506) 372-9417. $587.03/mbf (+$100/mbf) for clean hemlock logs.  
• Duffy’s Custom Cuts, Hampton, seeking spruce, cedar, hemlock, tamarack logs – (506) 343-0989. 

Holiday Hours 

The SNB office will be closed on Monday, October 12th for the Thanksgiving holiday. The office will reopen on Tuesday, October 13th to regular scheduled hours. 

Several mills may also have adjusted holiday hours. Click the link here to see them. 

Randy McNichol, Boundary Creek, NB 

Randy McNichol is seeking hardwood sawlogs and hemlock sawlogs for their winter inventory orders. Hemlock must be clean, straight wood – price has improved to $587.03/MBF. Located at 2856 Route 106, Boundary Creek, NB. Call Randy at (506) 372-9417 before shipping, producers are paid through the Board. 

Arbec Forest Products, Miramichi 

Arbec and the SNB Board have finalized the details on a small contract for the producers who have provided estimates on poplar and hardwood deliveries. Wood can be shipped after November 1st, 2026. The contract will be for a limited volume, therefore, producers will be required to verify their load can be accepted through SNB, prior to shipping the wood if they have provided an estimate.  

Louisiana Pacific, Houlton 

The SNB Board & LP have established a 4500 ton contract for 8-foot poplar continuing until December 31st, 2026. Producers who have made commitments to ship poplar are encouraged to stay in contact with Devin on delivery shipments & trucking availability. Price remains the same as the previous contract with an additional fuel surcharge. 

Taylor Lumber, Middle Musquodoboit, NS 

Taylor Lumber is seeking softwood logs. 70% spruce – 30% fir mixed, minimum top of 5” with lengths 10’6”, 12’6”, 14’6” and 16’6”. Please contact the SNB office for more information. 

Woodland Pulp, Maine 

Woodland Pulp, Maine is purchasing hardwood pulpwood. Deliveries are still limited to weekly quotas. Please contact the SNB office if you are looking to deliver to Woodland. Producers looking to cleanup random length poplar should make arrangements to do so while they can. 

SNB Board – JDI Contract  

The 17th SNB-JDI Contract is underway. Pricing for the 17th contract for softwood pulp, studs and logs will remain unchanged from the last contract. The duration of the 17th agreement is for a total of 11 weeks, from September 20th until December 5th, 2026 for a total volume of 12,100gmt. 

Producers are asked to call into the SNB office to provide an estimate on deliveries for the 17th Contract ASAP. 

Producers are to use “SNB Marketing Board (producer name)” as the contract number when filling out the TC.  

Elmsdale Lumber, NS 

Elmsdale Lumber, NS is seeking softwood sawlogs. Elmsdale has reduced their price on logs by -5$ to $122.25/gmt, please contact the SNB office for current pricing & before shipping. 

Minimum top size of 4.5” on spruce, minimum top of 5” on balsam fir, maximum butt of 29”. Spruce and fir must be separated. Logs are to be cut even lengths 10’6”, 12’6” and 16’6” with a 6” trim allowance. Clean white wood only, no rot or crooks. 

AV Group, Nackawic, NB 

September 18th AV Group indicated there would be considerable layoffs following the closure of their mill on November 4th, 2026, in Nackawic NB. Click here to read more. A statement was then issued by Natural Resources Minister John Herron on AV Group’s plans to temporarily idle operations. The statement can be seen here.  

US Markets and Currency Rates  

Currency conversion rates for US markets will hold at 1.41% for the week of October 12th, 2026.  

Facebook Page Updates 

The SNB Marketing Board has created a Facebook page to better inform the private woodlot audience. Follow our page to see immediate updates on mill closures, specs, and more. Simply hit the FOLLOW tab of our page located here. 

For more information on pricing and specifications, please visit our Market page here. Or contact the office at (506) 433-9877 or 433-9866.