Notices and updates this week:

· Holiday hours, SNB office is closed Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. See below for mill holiday hours.

· Arbec scale house curtailment Friday, June 20th– July 14th.

  Arbec Forest Products – SNB Board Contract in place 

 Arbec scale house curtailment Friday, June 20th– July 14th.

o Arbec Forest Products – SNB Board Contract in place.

· 11th JDI – SNB Marketing Board Contract has begun.

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

o JDI sawmills in Chipman and Sussex are now open 24/7.

· 3rd AV – SNB Marketing Board Contract began May 26th.

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

The SNB Forest Products Marketing Board office will be closed Tuesday, July 1st, 2025, for the Canada day holiday. The office will reopen to regular scheduled hours the following day. 

Several other mills will have adjusted holiday hours. Click here to see the list.

Please be advised that the SNB Marketing Board has put in place another Board Contract with Arbec Forest Products. 

Arbec is curtailed all deliveries as of June 20th, 2025.The scale house will reopen Monday, July 14th, 2025, at 5:30AM. Producers and landowners with product destined for Arbec are strongly encouraged to have the wood trucked before this afternoon.Click here to see the notice.

Ayat Timber International is seeking pine; Grade 1 ($447.03/mbf) and Grade 2 ($337.03/mbf), paid through the SNB Marketing Board.

Minimum diameter 8” to a maximum of 36” butt.12’ and 16’ lengths.

Please contact Javed for further specs at (506) 567-8001 and to ensure purchase of the load before cutting.

Ayat Timber produces high quality tongue and groove, shiplap, log siding, red pine flooring and many other custom profiles upon request.

DM Timber Structures is seeking premium grade 1 white pine sawlogs for $737.03/mbf paid through the SNB Marketing Board. They are also accepting grade 2 white pine sawlogs for $387.03.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. Penobsquis Yard startup is still curtailed.

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.

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.

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 as they are trying to clean up old log inventory from the previous season. JDI indicated this could take 3 to 4 weeks (as of June 13th).

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

The SNB Marketing Board – JDI contract has begun. This will be the 11th consecutive contract the Board has had in place. Pricing remains the same as prior to road closure. The contract will continue until the end of September 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 roundwood deliveries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.Any split loads with more than one product (example – part load of Sawlogs with a part load of Studwood) must be delivered on Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. JDI advises producers there will be delays at times during the evening and on weekends when security personnel will be making a tour of the site.

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. Keep an eye out for this in the coming days.

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

AV has implemented a new pricing system to the contract, including a base delivered wood price, along with a fuel surcharge that fluctuates weekly. 

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”. 

Taylor Lumber is purchasing softwood sawlogs at a price of $119.25/gmt to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge).

Specifications on the sawlogs are:

· Minimum of 80% spruce, only 20% or less being balsam fir.

· Lengths: 10’, 12’, 16’ with 6” of trim.

· Diameter minimum 6”, maximum 24”.

· Sweep 1” in 8’, no limbs, butt flares, forks, soft rot, seams or holes, no excessive mud.

Ledwidge is buying studwood at a price of $107.25/gmt delivered to their mill in Nova Scotia (no fuel surcharge).

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".

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. This is a preventative measure to ensure that if tariffs are put in place, the mill will have their inventory accounted for.

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.

Currency conversion rates for US markets will remain at 1.39%for the week of June 30th, 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.