This week in markets:

· Holiday Hours, SNB Office & Mills.

· Stateside deliveries notice, more info below.

· SNB & JDI Update. More details to follow.

· Louisiana Pacific, strong demand for 8-foot poplar. 

· Woodland Pulp, Maine resumed purchasing hardwood pulpwood – maximum 10% poplar per load. 

· Roads in Southern NB opened May 11th, May 17th in Northern NB. 

· AV will be seeking producer harvest site PID numbers for EUDR this year.

· Curtailments:

    o AV Nackawick, all products.

    o Marwood, all red pine products.

    o Arbec, all products.

The SNB Forest Products Marketing Board office will be closed on Monday, May 18th for the Victoria  Day holiday. The office will reopen on Tuesday May 19th to regular business hours. Several mills also may have adjusted holiday hours. Click here to see them.

Over the past few weeks, the SNB Marketing Board assisted producers & truckers in sending wood stateside using the new E-Manifest system. As the Board works through the procedure work for this system, producers are encouraged to reach out if they intend to send wood to LP or Woodland to coordinate delivery. Producers will be required to give an approximate volume and species percentage load by load in order to process the paperwork. Please note this does take more time and planning than other delivery options.

Deliveries to Woodland will need to be reserved through the office via a ticket system as Woodland is still trying to manage their high inventory. Payments will be processed through the Board. Producers will be responsible for covering the cost of the e-manifest application fee of $85.00 per load, however, the Board will assume responsibility of all administrative work.

Truckers looking to ship wood stateside are asked to reach out to the office to setup the e-manifest paperwork.

Last week, AV notified the Board that prior to any producer delivering wood to their mill, the producer MUST submit the PID (or PID’s) to which the wood originated from, 5 days prior to delivery, in order to comply with the new European Union Deforestation Regulation. All producers planning to ship to AV should contact the SNB office at your soonest convenience if you plan to deliver to AV. 

Deliveries of maple and biomass are expected to commence May 18th, poplar pulpwood is not expected to resume until June. Significant price reductions are expected in poplar and maple pulpwood.

Arbec is hopeful of resuming purchasing in June. Stay tuned for more details on their opening for the season.

Deliveries to LP are ongoing and demand is strong. Please contact the office to setup the e-manifest paperwork.

The 14th SNB Marketing Board – JDI contract has come to a close. 

The 15th Board contract has been activated as of May 11th. Prices return to pre-road closure season seeing $10/gmt return on studwood, and $2/gmt on logs. The contract will be for a total of 12-weeks, from May 11th until August 1st, 2026.

All producers are asked to contact the SNB office to submit an estimation of their expected production.

To begin the next contract, JDI is looking to initially have all deliveries of softwood pulpwood made to the South Bay pulp site in Saint John. Future pulpwood delivery options to Sussex will be determined in the coming days.

That being said, JDI is still looking to get trucks set up for access to the South Bay softwood pulpwood site. Trucks will be required to use an access card issued by industrial security to provide access through a gate between the weigh scales and the chip plant. JDI is also working on the “ScaleBoss” cards that will be needed at the scales to weigh loads in. Anyone who is delivering pulpwood to Sussex now should be set up with access to the South Bay operation. 

A friendly reminder, all producers must submit a signed copy of the new EUDR regulation acknowledgment form prior to receiving payment for their delivery.

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

Woodland Pulp, Maine has resumed purchasing following a temporary shutdown for part of this week. 

All loads to Woodland need to be authorized through the Board as Woodland is still trying to manage their inventory. Pricing remains the same, however, there is now a maximum of 10% poplar per load permitted. An additional fuel surcharge which fluctuates weekly, will be included to the delivered price.

Effective February 27th, 2026, Marwood has curtailed all deliveries of red pine. Please do not cut any red pine for the remainder of the spring season. Hemlock to Littles Lumber and cedar to Traceyville remain open for deliveries.

Taylor Lumber is still purchasing softwood sawlogs, maximum 25% balsam fir (minimum 75% spruce), minimum top of 5”, for a price of $122.25/gmt. Lengths are 10’6”, 12’6”, 14’6” and 16’6”. 

Currency conversion rates for US markets will increase to 1.38% for the week of May 18th, 2026. 

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 FOLLOWtab 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.