Weekly Newsletter Update

This week in markets: 

• JD Irving gate wood price reductions effective January 24th, 2026. 
• Softwood studs (8 & 9ft), -$10/gmt to all zones, Sussex Sawmill and GLT. 
• Softwood sawlogs, -$1/gmt zone 1 GLT, -$2/gmt zone 2-5 GLT, & zone 1-5 Sussex Sawmill. 
• AV Chipper breakdown has caused more yard inventory issues. No poplar deliveries to AV for February. Call before cutting or shipping. See below for more info. 
• Studwood from NB curtailed effective January 16th, 2026.  
• Woodland Pulp has resumed purchasing. 
• Taylor Lumber is purchasing spruce/fir sawlogs. More info below. 
• Reminders: 
• Arbec – SNB Board Contract, strong demand for 8-foot hardwood & poplar pulpwood.  
• Louisiana Pacific purchasing 8-foot poplar. 
• 13th SNB Board - JDI contract underway. 

JD Irving 

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

AV Nackawic, Nackawic 

Last week, AV experienced a breakdown on their main chipper line. During the breakdown, deliveries into AV’s continued to be accepted, however, this had caused inventory to backup in the yard without seeing roundwood processed.  

During the month of January AV had allowed the Board to continue shipping poplar over the allocated 500gmt (with no limit on maple), accounting for an additional 500gmt of poplar in the month of February. Many producers have been working with the Board to cleanup roadside random length poplar for AV in account of February’s quota. 

AV has advised the Board to encourage all producers to explore other options for poplar as they do not expect their poplar market demand to improve until after spring breakup. 

If a producer still has poplar roadside, please call the office before shipping. Producers looking to move maple to AV may do so, there is no restriction on maple pulpwood. 

Ledwidge Lumber, Enfield, NS 

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, Maine 

Woodland resumed purchasing hardwood pulpwood as of Monday, February 2nd, 2026, with restricted hours from 5am-5pm US time. 

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.  

Arbec Forest Products, Miramichi 

Demand for 8-foot hardwood and poplar pulpwood from SNB producers to Arbec remains 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, Fredericton 

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

Taylor Lumber, Middle Musquodoboit, NS 

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”.  

McMillan Forest Products 

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

Louisiana Pacific, Houlton 

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. 

SNB Board – JDI Contract  

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 38,000gmt (11,400gmt pulp, 26,600gmt 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, after seven weeks of deliveries, 22,600gmt has been shipped. At this pace, it would appear the contract will still 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. 

US Markets and Currency Rates  

Currency conversion rates for US markets will increase to 1.36% (+0.01%) for the week of February 9th, 2026.  

Facebook Page Updates 

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.