October 31st, 2025.

This week the SNB Marketing Board unfortunately seen several negative market adjustments. Uncertainty from US purchasers due to tariffs and pollical uproar has had a direct impact on the demand for roundwood and thus pricing. This directly correlates to supply & demand from our local mills in New Brunswick. Updates this week, reminders from last:

· Update on deliveries to US destinations below.

· JDI gatewood, price reductions of -$3 on sawlogs and -$2 on studwood, effective November 9th. Pricing will be honored on existing contracts, until the contract is completed or expired. 

· Arauco Flakeboard, price decrease on hardwood pulpwood  -$4/metric tonne.

· Russel & Swim Doaktown sawmill – no loader, see details below.

· Woodland Pulp suspending deliveries to the mill in Baileyville effective today, Friday, October 31st at 6:00 pm. 

· Reminders:

o Devon Lumber, price decrease on softwood studwood $152.64/cord delivered, (-$10.00/cord).

o Devon Lumber, price decrease on cedar sawlogs $179.64/cord delivered, (-$25.00/cord).

o Arbec Mill opening October 20that reduced volume. Arbec will not be purchasing wood until a later date.

o McMillans is now accepting cedar logs, 10 & 12ft,$274.64/cord.

o 12thJDI – SNB Board Contract underway, ending December 13th(10-weeks). 

If you didn’t see the last update, 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.

On Wednesday, Woodland Pulp announced that they will be taking "market related downtime", suspending deliveries to the mill in Baileyville effective today, Friday, October 31stat 6:00 pm. Woodland Pulp is not expected to resume deliveries again until mid-December. 

US tariff issues still not resolved at the time of preparing this update. 

Due to ongoing complications with tariffs on roundwood imported from Canada to the United States, there is still uncertainty about whether shipments can cross the border to U.S. mill destinations—such as Louisiana Pacific, Timber Resource Group, and Hardwood Products Company—and what procedures are required.

Marketing Boards across the province are actively working with US mill purchasers, transportation firms, the NB Forest Products Commission and producers to clarify the situation and find solutions to resume wood shipments. We recognize the pressure this places on operations and we will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

Citing high inventories of roundwood, and weaker market conditions, Arauco will be reducing the roundwood pulpwood treelength delivered price to their woodyards.    

Effective November 1st, 2025, Arauco will be decreasing their price on hardwood pulpwood by $4.00/gmt. Please contact the SNB Marketing Board office for the current price including the fuel surcharge.

Please be advised that there will be no Loader at Doaktown sawmill after 5:30 pm today.There will be no loader available on the Tuesday Night or Wednesday Day shifts either. Doaktown will be open again on Wednesday Night shift normally.

Devon Lumber has recently decreased their price of softwood studwood by $10.00/cord for a new delivered price of $152.64/cord. Please note that Devon does not accept any white spruce as studwood. Devon Lumber has also decreased their price of cedar sawlogs by $25.00/cord to a delivered price of $179.64/cord.

McMillans is now accepting cedar logs, 10 & 12ft at a price of $274.64/cord.

Same specs as before, Min 6” top, no seams, crotches, forks, doglegs, shattered butts, and butt flare needs to be trimmed.

Arbec has not yet begun accepting deliveries from SNB producers. They hope to buy from SNB Producers at a later date, but this is subject to change based on market conditions.

Effective September 1st, AV has decreased the price on poplar pulpwood. Below are the new zone prices on poplar. Birch and maple pulpwood will remain the same price.

Queens County: $63.00/gmt (-$1.40/gmt)

Kings, Saint John& Albert County: $63.60/gmt (-$2.00/gmt)

Trucker key cards for the contract are available at the scale house. Ensure that the delivered loads are placed under the “SNB Forest Products Marketing Board Contract”, or “SNB Contract”. 

On Tuesday of this week, JDI announced gatewood price reductions of $3 on sawlogs and $2 on studwood. These price reductions are to take effect November 9th on gatewood pricing. 

Pricing will be honored on existing contracts, until the contract is completed or expired. 

JD Irving has recently created a new system for zone pricing recognition by PID. An interactive map will soon be available on their site to search your zone pricing by inserting the PID number. 

Below is the notice that was sent out to producers this week:

“Effective September 28, 2025, we will be implementing a PID validation process as part of our Purchase Wood tally creation process.

This has become necessary due to the EUDR reporting we are now obligated to do. It is important that the PID #’s we are providing with shipments of products we are selling into the European Union countries are valid PID #’s.

Our current Zone Maps were not developed with PID #’s in mind. We have had to update our Maps ensuring Zone boundaries follow PID boundaries. There have also been some road network changes since the last maps were developed.

Starting on September 28th, as loads of Private wood arrive at our scale houses our system will validate that the PID # provided is valid and will assign a Zone to the load at that time. Loads arriving with an invalid PID # will go into error and will not be paid until the correct PID # is provided. In most cases the driver will be advised while at the Scales that the PID # they provided is invalid.

The new Zone Maps (pdf format) are now available on our Purchase Wood Website. We will also be developing a lookup feature so you can enter the PID # and destination mill to be provided the zone that will be applied to any loads from that PID #. I will advise when this is available.

Link to the Maps: https://irvingwoodlands.com/jdi-woodlands-wood-producers-wood-prices-trucking-zone-maps.aspx

These new Zone Maps will be implemented effective September 28th.

Please advise if you will need J D Irving, Limited to provide a printed copy of the Map for the Mills your Marketing Board delivers to.”

JDI has recently implemented a producer contract card system for truckers delivering hardwood pulpwood products at Lake Utopia effective immediately.

Truckers will require the correct PID, producer name, zone, producer identification number, and contract to properly register the load.

There are two cards for the SNB Marketing Board contract on the wall at the scale house. If producers are looking for their identification number, they can contact the office, although the number would be displayed on previous load slips to JDI. Producers who have not previously delivered wood will require a new producer number to be created by JDI in order to process the load in the system. Please contact the office prior to shipping to avoid any delays.

This system is expected to be implemented to all JDI mills eventually.

JDI has implemented a new zone pricing system for birch hardwood pulp to Lake Utopia. Please note that all deliveries of birch & maple hardwood pulp to Sussex Mill are curtailed effective July 26th.Click here to see it on the website.

The 12th SNB Marketing Board – JDI contract is underway. The contract term is 10 weeks, from October 5th – December 13th, 2025. Pricing will remain the same for this contract duration. Producers and owners looking to ship through the Board contract are asked to contact the office for production estimates for the next contract.

The second week of deliveries producers shipped over 2225gmt of softwood on the contract, 1350gmt being saw material.

Use “SNB Marketing Board – (producer name)” as the contract number when filling out the TC.

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 is also requesting each producer to recognize this new regulation with the most recent contract. If you have questions, please contact the office and ask to speak to Devin.

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 remain at 1.40% for the week of November 3rd,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.