It has been observed that edging flitches into lumber
unnecessarily reduces the yield of cut stock. This research
investigated the yield of cut stock from unedged red alder
(Alnus rubra) flitches, and compared it to yields attained
from boards subjected to a variety of edging strategies:
conventional, light-edging, actual, severe...
This paper reports prices for aggregations of lumber grades that are representative of the quality and volume of lumber produced from small-diameter timber stands in the Intermountain West area encompassing Idaho and Montana and land east of the Cascade Mountain range in Oregon and Washington. Price data are reported for...
In recent years, the forest products industry has been
forced to cope with a supply of raw material that is
declining in both quality and quantity. In addition, log
prices are escalating rapidly. Because log costs may
represent as much as 90 percent of the overall production
costs of lumber...
