Not much has changed this week in markets, a few notices to be aware of:

· Scales down at Lake Utopia Monday January 26th, 10am-2pm.

· JD Irving gate wood price reductions effective January 24th, 2026.

o Softwood studs (8 & 9ft), -$10/gmt to all zones, Sussex Sawmill and GLT.

o Softwood sawlogs, -$1/gmt zone 1 GLT, -$2/gmt zone 2-5 GLT, & zone 1-5 Sussex Sawmill.

· Poplar deliveries to AV curtailed until February. Call before cutting or shipping.

· Ledwidge Lumber NS, Studwood price reduction, $102.25/gmt delivered (-$10/gmt).

· Ledwidge Lumber NS, Studwood from NB curtailed effective January 16th, 2026.

· Taylor Lumber is purchasing spruce/fir sawlogs. More info below.

· Reminders:

o Arbec – SNB Board Contract, strong demand for 8-foot hardwood & poplar pulpwood. 

o Louisiana Pacific purchasing 8-foot poplar.

o Woodland Pulp has resumed hardwood pulp deliveries.

o 13th SNB Board - JDI contract underway.

Please be advised that the weigh scales at Lake Utopia will be down for repairs from 10 am - 2 pm on Monday, January 26th.

Last week,JD Irving sent out a notice to all producers saying that they will be reducing their prices on gate wood softwood studs and sawlogs. 

Below are the reductions which will be effective January 24th, 2026.Prices of existing contracts will be honored for the duration of the contract or until the volume is filled.

· Softwood studwood,-$10/gmt to all zones,at both Sussex Sawmill and GLT.

· Softwood sawlogs, 

o -$1/gmt zone 1 GLT.

o -$2/gmt zone 2-5 GLT, & zone 1-5 Sussex Sawmill.

AV has curtailed deliveries of poplar pulpwood for the month of January. AV allocated a 500gmt volume of poplar to the SNB Marketing Board. The volume has been filled at this time.

There will continue to be limited deliveries through the month of February. Producers are required to call the office before shipping and are advised to consider other outlets for poplar until this market stabilizes.If you have poplar roadside, please call the office.

Producers looking to move maple to AV may do so, there is no restriction on maple pulpwood.

AV is also purchasing biomass at a price of $29.23/gmt, 10’6”length,and all species are accepted aside from cedar.AV will no longer be able to accept slab-wood from sawmill operations for biomass. 

Effective January 26th, 2026, Ledwidge Lumber will be reducing their studwood price reduction, $102.25/gmt delivered (-$10/gmt). Ledwidge has also notified the Marketing Board previously that all NB studwood is curtailed effective January 16th, 2026.

Woodland Pulp began accepting deliveries of hardwood pulpwood again on January 7th, 2026, following their temporary shutdown of the pulp mill and chip plant. Producers looking to move wood to Woodland are encouraged to reach out to the Marketing Board for more information on manifest slips and trucking as needed.

Demand for 8-foot hardwood and poplar pulpwood from SNB producers to Arbec is strong. Producers are encouraged to consider this option with the relative zone price and fuel surcharge. Contact the office to find out the recent zone fuel surcharge price. Products are to be separated as per Arbec spec and at this time, no softwood is permitted.

Devon Lumber will be reducing their price on 8-foot cedar sawlogs by $25/cord to a delivered price of $154.65/cord, effective January 19th, 2026. 

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”. 

McMillans’ winter unloading hours are now in effect, and they will be accepting deliveries from 8am-3pm. McMillan’s is also accepting 10-12ft cedar from all zones.  

Wood is still moving stateside to LP consistently. If producers are looking to have 8-foot poplar trucked stateside, please contact the SNB Marketing Board office for assistance in coordinating trucking.

The SNB Board has the 13th Board Contract with JDI now active. The contract began on December 14th and will continue until March 7th, 2026,for a total of 12 weeks.The total contract volume is 38,000 gmt (11,400 gmt pulp, 26,600 gmt saw material).

Given the recent gate wood price reductions at JDI, producers are reminded that the current Board Contract pricing will remain the same until the contract is complete.

To address the recent concerns of producers, wondering when the contract will be completed – after five weeks of deliveries, just under 16,000 metric tonne has been shipped. At this pace, it would appear the contract will run out to its expected completion date of March 7th, 2025. We will continue to report this information through the weekly update.

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

A reminder that all producers must sign off on the EUDR acknowledgment form prior to receiving payment for their delivery. Please contact the SNB office or visit our website for this document.

Currency conversion rates for US markets will decrease to 1.38%for the week of January 26th, 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 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.