Notices and updates this week:

· Price increase on studwood to Ledwidge Lumber, NS.$112.25/gmt delivered (+$5.00/gmt).

· Arbec scale house curtailment Friday, June 20th– July 14th,  SNB Board Contract in place.

· 11th JDI – SNB Marketing Board Contract underway, 37% complete, 13 weeks remaining.

o SNB Board Contract for white pine.JDI is not yet ready to begin accepting deliveries.

· 3rd AV – SNB Marketing Board Contract underway.

· Woodland Pulp, Maine has resumed purchasing hardwood pulpwood direct to the mill. Penobsquis Yard remains curtailed.

Ledwidge has increased their price on studwood by $5.00/gmt. The new price is $112.25/gmt delivered to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge). Producers interested in shipping must inform their trucker of the sorting for NB wood at their yard.

Specifications on the studwood are:

• Minimum      of 75% spruce, only 25% or less being balsam fir or jack pine.
• Length,      8' 4" (cut 100") or 9' (cut 108").
• Diameter      min 4" top to max 15".

Please be advised that the SNB Marketing Board has put in place another Board Contract with Arbec Forest Products. Arbec is curtailed to all deliveries as of June 20th, 2025.The scale house will reopen Monday, July 14th, 2025, at 5:30 AM. Click here to see the notice.

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. Hardwood being purchased into the Penobsquis Yard for Woodland is not looking favorable for this year.

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.

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. 

If producers have generated “fallout” pine from road construction, please contact Wendell Munn to see if it can be accommodated.

The 11th SNB Marketing Board – JDI contract has 13 weeks remaining on the term. Currently, the Board is shipping an average of 1850gmt per week across all producers. This has brought the current progress of the contract to being approximately 37% complete (of the 40,000gmt total volume).

Pricing remains the same as prior to road closure. The contract will continue until September 27th, 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 round wood deliveries 24/7. Split loads with more than one product must be delivered Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.

The 3rd SNB 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. 

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

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”. 

A reminder that Taylor Lumber is still purchasing softwood sawlogs at a price of $119.25/gmt to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge). See the website for more details.

McMillan Forest Products is still not purchasing cedar to regular volumes. If a producer already has cedar cut, please call ahead to Trevor to discuss options.

Effective February 7th, 2025, Delco Forest Products has curtailed all deliveries of studwood due to the looming threat of U.S. tariffs. 

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.

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 here to see the document.

Currency conversion rates for US markets will decrease to 1.36%for the week of July 7th, 2025.

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